Corporate Screen Lock override?

[ckevinwelch]

The original poster did not ask anyone's opinion on the morality/legality of unlocking the phone. He (and I) want to know how. It's that simple.

Thank you BushBandit for your suggestions.

Here's the thing. The company you work for pays you money, and expects something in return. One thing they expect is that you will keep their data secure. You may not believe that the company information that is on your phone would cause detriment to the company if it were stolen, but 1) there are employees whose phones do contain such information, 2) you might not realize what someone could do with what little data they could get off your phone, and 3) your company probably doesn't make different policies for every employee.

Why does this matter to me? Because I might be a stakeholder in or customer of your company (or a stakeholder in or customer of a customer of your company), and what you do with its data could affect me. Certainly there are others it could affect besides yourself. I've worked at a bank and have seen what happens when people deliberately bypass company policies regarding the security of data.

Suppose you came to me for a loan, and because I decided to bypass company policy, your name, address, social security number, drivers license number, and credit report were compromised. Would that be important to you? Or perhaps you were just a stockholder in the bank, and my negligence with information resulted in a lawsuit that depressed the stock price, causing you to lose money? How would you look upon my asking for "information" then?

So yes, you're just asking for "information," not a lecture. But in doing so, you're asking the android community to help you unsecure information that belongs to your company for the sake of your convenience. You may very well find a way to do what you're asking, but please, think about the ramifications of what you're trying to do. If it is that big of an inconvenience, then just ask to have the phone disconnected from the company network entirely.

[ozone]

You know what? You're right. I think I'll conform to my corporate policies. Thank you for opening my eyes. While I'm at it, maybe I can come up with other ways I might assist the corporation? I don't mind if it is an inconvenience, after all it protects the corporation, me and apparently many, many android forum users who might happen to be shareholders.

I suppose I could stop leaving the house. That could increase my chances of being kidnapped and having meeting times forced out of me by torture. Of course, I could be kidnapped from my home, so maybe I should invest in a super security system to protect your stock price.

I'll definitely forgo any medical procedures that require anesthesia, who knows how many email addresses I might divulge without realizing it. I could probably bankrupt you with that one.

If someone asks for something that YOU feel is morally questionable, here's an idea: Don't respond.

Again, I find it interesting how many of you corporate clones bring up how important it is to protect corporate information. No one mentioned the personal information on the phone. But I guess corporations really are more important than individuals.

I don't steal software and I don't surf kiddie porn, believe it or not you can remove a lock put on your phone by someone else and NOT commit a bunch of crimes.

With your attitudes, I'm surprised you aren't iPhone users. You should love all the stipulations those come with.

I'm going to do you favor and disconnect from my work network, which will by the bye, make me less productive (you'll no doubt start complaining about your stock price on that point now). But since I've saved you so much money, do me a favor: Don't respond!

[hookbill]

This appeared to be an intelligent conversation that just got ugly. I'm a little confused as to why it's in Pete's thread, maybe you all are running BB but it does appear that the conversation needs intervention.

I think the thread has run it's course. At this time I'm closing the thread.