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 Originally Posted by Major.Malfunction
People like you are the reason IT managers get a bad name. if you want the privilge of getting your Pre sync'd to my Exchange server, then you play by my rules. If you don't like it, then you can do 1 of 2 things: hack it to bypass it or simply opt out of using EAS. Hacking it will get you suspended without pay and most likely move to terminate. One thing that management simply will not tolerate is broken trust. No matter where you work or how small the infraction, once you show your employer that you aren't trustworthy, expect to be working on your resume.
In my line of work, I deal with sensitive personal information and it requires the utmost security to protect from identity theft, etc. In our security policy, it specifically states that if you make ANY attempt to bypass security processes within the company, its ground for termination.
yeah, I know...its' not missle codes to start a war that I'm protecting. But its there for a reason. It just sounds like you are whining about being "inconvenienced" by EAS. My corporate EAS policy is a 4 digit PIN. WOW!! The 2 seconds it take to enter it is just KILLING my productivity!
Maybe you should also step off your high horse for a second and come down to a level with the rest of us. In IT there is security and usability. If your data is that sensitive then why allow access to it on the phone in the first place? The 4 digit pin is the worst security feature anyway. How hard is it to root the phone and bypass that pin feature with a few code modifications?
Better yet as the IT Manager do you yourself have the pin feature enabled on your Pre? Or are you just the type to enforce and not follow your own rules? Palm could have done a much better job implementing the forced lock feature on this phone and did a terrible job with it. Have you tried to shut the alarm clock off at 5:30 in the morning by needing to type your pin in first!? Palm left us with no features outside of the lock unlike Win Mobile and iPhone. We also have no options for timeouts.
I am also in IT.. I understand what you are saying but the bigger picture that most IT guys forget the two points; there is security and there is usability. You need to give and take to make the system the most productive, useful but yet as secure as possible.... Palm isn't helping here with that one bit, so for now... I'm hacking.
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