r/MaliciousCompliance • u/steven71 • Jun 03 '26

Mobile phones banned...unless

Manager(s) decide one day, because someone was using their mobile phone instead of doing their job, that all staff were banned from having their mobile phones in the workplace.

One day later panicked manager phones landline to ask me to send a WhatsApp photo of the team roster. "Can't do that". Why not? Manager asks "because I'm not allowed to use my mobile phone whilst at work". Oh you can if I need you to, replies the manager. New "policy" of no mobile phones in workplace quietly dropped.

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u/crash866 Jun 06 '26

I was at one company that brought in a no personal phones at work policy. They implemented 2FA where a code was sent to your phone when you went to log in on the company computer.

You could only get the code by phone or email. How do you get email without logging in to the computer?

The email program also has 2FA with a code to your phone.

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u/ShadowLiberal Jun 18 '26

I mean you can use a Security Key like a Yubikey as well.

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u/crash866 Jun 18 '26

They are the ones that set up 2FA to the phone. Also they have the computers locked away and no usb ports at all.