My company recently instituted a policy where if you use your own phone for company email/business that you have to accept that they have certain rights on your phone including the ability to wipe your phone. I refused to accept that and told them if they want me to answer emails off-hours/weekends/vacations (which I do all the time), that I would need to be given a company phone. My boss agreed, but this is not really the point of this post.
The point is that I have had this phone less than 24 hours and I have not even told my coworkers the new number. But in that time I have received 5 spam phone calls and 2 spam text messages. I am not sure why it is so much worse than on my personal phone. When is the telecommunications industry going to get their act together? This phone is looking like it is going to be more of a burden to me than a tool to help me get my work done.
The point is that I have had this phone less than 24 hours and I have not even told my coworkers the new number. But in that time I have received 5 spam phone calls and 2 spam text messages. I am not sure why it is so much worse than on my personal phone. When is the telecommunications industry going to get their act together? This phone is looking like it is going to be more of a burden to me than a tool to help me get my work done.
