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This just seems like them attempting to be sensationalist. Anyone who has a company device managed with MDM that doesn't think their employer can monitor everything that happens on that device should go back and reread the terms they accepted when they got the device.

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MDMs can, but no employer in their right mind ever should actually take the steps to enable sms tracking.

I used to work in IT, and have rolled out MDM programs for startups before.

What needs to happen is a signed contract between the employer and the employee stating exactly what the current capabilities of the MDM are, and under what scenarios the employer can change those capabilities. This needs to be separate from their employment agreement.

Apple has interestingly created a better MDM that doesn't give them blanket access to devices in iOS 13, but to my knowledge they haven't rolled it out internally…

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