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0 pointslopkeny12ko2y ago0 comments

Ok...so what problem does this actually solve? I use my work phone so I can receive work emails, messages, and calls while on the go, away from the company laptop. There are also mobile apps for work tools like task trackers and source control.

If I need the company laptop to access my virtual smartphone, then what's the point? At that point I might as well just use the laptop to do what I need to do. Which defeats the purpose, because it's not mobile.

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t1tech2y ago· 2 in thread

You won't need to carry your work phone anymore, you can just access it in a browser on your personal phone or on your work laptop without any data being shared between them.

Also you cannot lose your work phone as you would with a physical one. Which might be interesting for your employer if you handle sensitive data.

The longer term plan is to also provide an app that you could install and therefore achieve the same mobility. This would be the only work app you would have to install on your personal mobile phone in order to access your work phone. This is still in brainstorming phase.

lopkeny12koOP2y ago

This makes no sense. My employer provisions me an work phone so that they manage it end-to-end with MDM, and ensure that it stays physically separate from non-corporate assets. If this product just lets me use my work phone on my personal phone, then it completely defeats the purpose, and my employer might as well just allow use of work communications on personal devices.

mappu2y ago

The work phone VM here would still be MDM managed, have policies enforced, support remote lock/wipe, etc.

It's a really elegant solution IMO.

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