That the request in the first place is immoral? That being tracked outside your job is a infringment on a normal wish for privacy? That you are having to jump through hoops (basically, lie) to keep your employer happy? What do you think will happen when they learn of your faraday bag and decide to adjust their expectations accordingly? (ie expecting that out of signal = you have switched off the phone) You'll be in exactly the same position, you've only 'bought' yourself a few months of freedom, at most.

The reason we have laws is to protect the weaker party from stronger parties. Employers are usually in a stronger position (there are always other employees, the employees have a pressing urge to eat) so agreeing to something does not just make it OK. If you are strongarmed, it's hardly a fair exchange.

You know, it really doesn't. Companies don't feel the need to track every pencil that goes out of their office, the only reason they're tracking the phone is because it's easy and has a person attached to it. If you can't trust your employee to take care of a company asset then you can't trust your employee for much at all.

OK, you may have got around the problem for you, but other people are still being screwed, and management are still having silly expectations. Having some balls and switching the thing off on your own time is better for everyone.

Do you have any sources for this "breaking it down on age, education, grades, jobs, actual experience (part-time vs full-time, overtime, time on leave) you find that most these differences disappear"?

What I particularly love about the recent use of the phrase "social justice" is that the people using it seem to think it's a negative one. How the hell can you be against social justice? Are you campaigning for social injustice?

I know... I probably shouldn't be here...

*Re-reads my original comment*

Oh, right, yes.

Are you not sort of expected to leave if you ask if you're free to go? I don't want to leave, I want to continue doing the legal thing that I'm doing.

Can't speak for conspiracy. Can speak for several friends with different models of iPhone that have seen this exact effect. There doesn't have to be a deliberate conspiracy for it still to happen.

I love the regularity of this type of article, and the complete lack of justification why suddenly *now* it's necessary whereas demonstrably before now it has not been required.

It's not perfect, but the Apple model of effectively forcing old hardware into uselessness (ie becoming so slow with the latest OS) isn't exactly perfect either.

And I have seen every generation of iPhone eventually be upgraded into uselessness because the hardware is too slow to run the operating system. What's worse, because the majority do get upgraded, app developers quickly stop supporting old OS versions and those people who don't upgrade *still* end up with a useless smartphone because the apps stop working. It's not all bread and roses in the iOS model either.

The far better solution is to Disable apps (can be done from the app settings) and then they effectively don't exist to the operating system (though they do still reside on the disk)

Why would we think he would say anything else? That's his job, and presumably he's surrounded by plots and threats that he needs to counter every day, so his perspective is going to be a little biased.

The important thing is that whenever a policeman or agent says something like this, we respond by thinking "well obviously he would say that" and take a view on whether that is proportionate based on the wider civil liberties consequences. The fault is not that they would want that, everyone always wants more power to do their job more effectively, is that we have weak politicians that grant it too easily.

Not a hugely useful comment... Yes of course it isn't bricking every unit, but if it's causing such a serious problem on even 1%, this is a fuck up.