Do any of you guys know if fiserv is spying on our phones. I heard some people talking about it
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When Fiserv pulled the plug on providing a device and demanded we install their stuff on our personal device, I simply picked up a dirt cheap smart phone and let them install whatever they wanted. I didn't believe for one second that the two environments wouldn't clash. I did NOTHING with that phone, other than work. Yeah, I hated ponying up for another line, but there were two priceless benefits (1) their software wasn't on a device where I engaged in personal affairs and (2) when I didn't want to be reached, I left the "business" phone at home. Nothing felt better than to chuck that thing in a drawer for the weekend.
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There is no spying on phones. The only thing that’s monitored are company owned apps. Other Monitoring is not allowed by company policy and its validated by the legal department. The only thing that can be done is the removal of company owned apps from your phone if you leave. You can also delete them yourself. Obviously if you are using a company laptop on company network you are subject to security restrictions to protect you from bringing in malware or other threats.
Just stating facts. Fake rumors don’t help anyone.
Up until until about 8 years ago the things we would get away with on Fiserv workstations would were amazing. Downloading, installing, remoting out to our home networks. Compiling our own code. Ahhhhhh the good ole days.
Just connect to the company WiFi with a travel router setup with a VPN and do what you want on the WiFi.
Company provided phone - yes 100%
Personal phone on corporate wifi - yes 100%
Personal phone w/ Fiserv Outlook / Teams - possibly, via app permissions
Personal phone on data w/o Fiserv apps - uh... no, they'd have no way to do that
If it’s your personal phone, I don’t think so unless you allow it. Their stuff? Absolutely.
I worked with a group that had access to every Fiserv asset (and other things) so we could see whatever an employee had on their device. And it could be offensive, we walked people out the door for having po-n on their system - people with 30plus years experience. So YES they can see you.
Yes - if you put allow Fiserv into your personal device, they can - and do - mess with it.
If you are using your personal device but downloaded apps to access work email on your device, then yes they can monitor your location. Supposedly they can only monitor work related functions…but if you lose your phone they can wipe your phone clean and reset it to factory settings.
Yes Jan, we are, and Frank is disappointed in all the mid-et pron surfing and Temu purchases you’re doing on company time. Knock it off.
Don't put it beneath them to use your phone's geolocation if they want to. Any apple on your phone used for work is likely doing this now.
Folks Fiserv doesn’t pay for any devices since Franks BYOD bs.
If you're using a company provided asset expect that it can be fully monitored and reviewed by the company. Anything you do on it is open to them in reality.
If you're talking a personal asset then no they cannot monitor it unless you gave them access to your device. If you connect your device to their network they have all rights to monitor the traffic from that device going over their network.
Where I work its not allowed to connect any personal device to the network...wifi or otherwise. Fire-able offense. Too easy for a piece of malware to get loaded into the system, so I respect that.
i wouldn't connect to any "guest" or "employee" wifi systems with a personal device.
If its a company phone, just like the company computer, they do not have to ask permission to read your texts, listen to voicemails, or read your email/check browser history. I always just assume they are, so I never do anything questionable on a company asset.