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Comment by samcheng | Hacker News Reader

We're using them, to mixed reviews.

They installed a jailbroken ipad (in a holder with a cutout for the front camera) in our break room. Seems like a potential hazard for industrial espionage...

The office does seem to stay clean. They have an annoying tendency to 'organize' individuals' desks, though. I've even had some of my cables re-arranged.

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Hey, Managed by Q employee here. Appreciate your feedback. Wanted to just follow up and let you know that we do not jailbreak any iPads, nor do we use the camera to collect any data. We take our customers privacy and security extremely seriously.

Regarding the organization of your desk, if you leave a post-it-note on your desk mentioning that you would prefer for it to be left alone that should do the trick.

Happy to hear that you like the cleaning quality - if you have any additional concerns feel free to follow up with me.

Why would you put a camera in your clients office at all? sounds creepy and vulnerable to abuse.

They install iPads, and iPads have cameras. The holder has an opening for the camera, but that's standard for iPad holders. They'd have to get custom manufactured holders otherwise. They could tape it (or you could), but at worst, I think that's just an oversight on their part.

Because they can take video call with them.

I interviewed with your company some time ago... there were no experienced iOS developers on the team. It seemed they did not understand Apple's enterprise vs app store signing very well and the limitations. They were definitely having software distribution issues (did not want to publish in the app store - but wanted a way to distribute updates) and jailbreak was discussed.

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