I don't remember now exactly where, in which post I left a comment in which I promised to write about this topic๐ค
But I remember that I did ๐
And today, after some discussion in the company, I decided that the time was right.
Since the beginning of my Hive journey, I have been a 100% "Mobile phone" type of User (OK, maybe not 100%, but 99% for sure ๐ ).
But even outside Hive, except when I'm at work, almost all the time I spend online, I do it on my mobile phone.
I rarely turn on my laptop at home, whenever I have to do it, especially if it's an official laptop, I feel some anxiety.
When it comes to private laptops, I turn them on mainly to watch some content that hasn't appeared on the platforms yet, legal or not.
One Laptop for legal, the other for those who are not (and which can be quickly and easily reinstalled if it picks up a virus).
Today, in the company, we talked to fellow IT Security officers about the importance of installation
of the Microsoft tool Intune, which makes the mobile phone, with all the data, an "Impenetrable fortress for hacker attacks on the company's data", but also potentially compromises all the private data on the mobile phone.
It is somehow difficult for me to accept that my data, business or private, will be available to a junior IT administrator, who has just been employed in the company and who, due to the nature of the job, must have Admin rights over the Intune application that would be installed on the official phone that I use .
I stood up more for other colleagues, who also use their official devices for private purposes, than for myself, demanding at least a model of division into Work and Personal profiles, which will allow users a minimum of privacy.
And why didn't I stand up for myself with this act?
Because I always have a private device with a personal number.
I have never given up using another phone, no matter how much trouble it brought me with carrying, charging, storing...
I was asked a long time ago in the company: Why do I have two devices and two numbers, isn't it easier for me with just one?
Because I existed long before I started working in the company, with my private number and always my phone.
And it's not just a matter of private data on the business phone.
Having two devices and a private number has some other advantages.
First, if it happens that the signal on one device is bad, it might be better on another (with another operator).
If one of my devices happens to have a dead battery, the other usually has enough that I can get to where I'm going without being totally unavailable.
If I spend an internet package on one number, I connect to the Hotspot of another...
And the biggest benefit for me is that, when I go to sleep, I leave my work phone (which I have to keep available at all times according to the agreement with my employer) in the living room and take my personal phone with the alarm set to the bedroom.
In the event that due to some urgent situation they need me on the official mobile number, after persistent ringing, I will wake up and answer. I don't let my phone ring next to my bed.
And an even greater benefit for me is when I go on vacation.
Then I agree with the directors that they can call me on a private number for the most urgent situations.
Until I switch my official phone to Airplane mode and the whole time I'm on vacation, I'm unavailable for calls and messages.
I don't switch off completely, I take a look beforehand so that I don't miss something more important than emails, because it's better to check if there are any challenges in the early stages, than to fix them later when they become problems.
But for all those unimportant calls, I am absolutely unavailable.
It's OK with my colleagues, because they've already learned how I function.
They know that I am very responsible according to the contractual obligations and that, if they call me and I am not available, they immediately ask for help on the other side, because I will not contact them until I return from vacation.
Because they also know that when I'm not on vacation, I'll answer at any time of the day or night (at night after a little longer ringing, until I wake up).
How do you feel about the use of private and official mobile phones?
Do you only have one device or (if you work) do you have two, one for work and one for pleasure (for your free time)?
I also have a question for you.
According to the picture of my two phones, what do you think, which is private and which is business?
I'm putting up a poll, you're welcome to guess.
Whoever guesses gets a reward from me in the form of Ecency points.
It is not too difficult, if you read the post, you will easily guess which of these two phones I use for work and which for my needs and entertainment.
I'm completely opposite to you... I'm 99% laptop user and I use my mobile phone ONLY if I'm outside my home, or too lazy to get up from bed... ๐
Regarding phone numbers, I have no idea, but I'm attached to my first mobile number which I got almost 30 years ago?!! I still own it, but I do not use it regularly as it's the number outside my country of living ๐... During the summer, I top up credit, and voila! I can use it again! ๐
One thing that I do similar to you is to have more available options... In my case, I took 2 different ISPs for my fiber network and for my mobile phone... So, if one network goes down, I can always use the other one (or a hotspot for my laptop)... ๐
Also, I have 2 SIM cards in my phone for extreme situations when I need a lot of Internet data or one of the two doesn't have roaming... :)
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Since my regular job takes almost 11 hours a day, where I'm at my laptop for more than 7 hours, I hate turning on my laptop at home ๐
I have the number from the last millennium (๐ how terribly old it sounds), I think I got it in 1999 and I haven't changed it since then...
And as for the internet package, in my private phone I have an E-Sim with 20GB for backup internet, when I use up my own GB from the package, I have Ubigi and Airalo for roaming internet, while a 100GB package is included in the business phone.
Enough ๐
That's a lot of Internet data! You are well-prepared for even an apocalyptic event! ๐
Apocalyptic scenario๐
I saw a movie in the cinema on Saturday, yesterday I watched Mad Max 2, one would think that I am preparing ๐
But one mini solar power plant - could be a good investment...
I think your work phone looks more simple and straightforward, while the one on the right your personal phone, seems a bit more colorful and fun. Am I right? ๐
Correct answer, points have arrived for you ๐
Thank you so much for the gift. It was a very fun pool
I'm glad you liked it ๐
Thanks for your participation๐ซถ
An interesting look at the given query ๐
Try it, hit the button, if you get Ecency points, it means you guessed it ๐
Thanks for your support ๐ซถ
I have 2 phones, one for social communication and the other for personal use: One I use for apps like WS, FB, Discord and etc, basically any app where I can receive important messages and notifications. And the other one is for mobile games; it is worth mentioning that this last device does not have a phone number, I use it as if it were a very small tablet.
Probably that gaming phone is a much better performing model?
I never played any serious games, but I had a tablet for those arcade games.
Thank you for participating in the prize poll ๐
@godfish @ph102 I wonder how you guessed ๐
Probably the icons betrayed me ๐
Here are the points for you as a small reward ๐