Ask HN: Can my employer install a 'key logger' on my Android phone?

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by DubiousPusher • 10 years ago

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I don't know much about what can and can't be done with policies on Android phones.

I've applied my employer's security policy on my personal Android phone in order to access work email from my home.

Is it possible for them to intercept input across the OS?

blackflame7000• 10 years ago

In general, it is best to keep work and personal devices separate. Is it possible they could install a key-logger, absolutely yes if they supplied you the phone. The likelihood that they have is probably small but it depends on how much your company respects your personal privacy.

hexadec0079• 10 years ago

Not input per se, but they can see what sites you visit and apps installed. Getting every keypress is a bit harder to my knowledge. Depending on mobile device management (MDM) software used, they can have granular access to running and installed apps, web traffic logs, and access to memory in an aim to control corporate data. Also, most MDMs running on non-corporate (BYOD) devices run corporate data in a sandbox that is managed by the MDM separately. If you have a corporate phone, than this is usually not true and the MDM can see much more data.

Now, the question of will anyone look at what you wrote is a bit harder to answer and it depends on the size of your organization. My firm will not really look unless there is a HR or legal request or you pop up in some reporting of malicious site visits.

NumberCruncher• 10 years ago

> I've applied my employer's security policy on my personal Android phone in order to access work email

Do we wanna play the "spot both mistakes" game?

Ask HN: Can my employer install a 'key logger' on my Android phone?

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