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Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices (cybersecuritynews.com)
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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Forgive me but what is intune? I did a quick search and just found some Microsoft endpoint protection thingie -- there is mention of a Managed Google Play but I have no idea what that would mean.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    I think the user is referring to the fact that MS Intune is famously very cautious about verifying the device it is running on.

    Many people need to use Intune on their device, to get access to work apps (eg, Teams and Outlook). If you have a rooted device, or run a non-stock OS, then Intune will fail the validation and prevent you from signing into your work accounts.

    This is the reason I don't currently use a rooted or alternative android on my primary smartphone.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Is it just not in the cards to request a separate device for work, I know I would tell my employer that I cannot guarantee that my personal device will meet their expectations.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Yes. I can request a phone from work to use, but that's lots of work, business justification, need to submit monthly expense reports for calls, and report data usage. Plus I'd need then to carry around two phones. There are lots of people at my work who do that. I don't want the hastle.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Then I have to carry two devices. I just have a custom phone and a stock tablet, this works out ok. Except the stock tablet is a Samsung and the software is super annoying

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Will intune work without a sim card? I have an old phone that is in airplane mode, no sim card but does have Google services.

    I just realized as long as it gets the notifications wirelessly it could be my intune authenticator device and live for only that purpose.

    Does it require a phone number or only a ms login?

    I currently have intune in a jail on my other android device but I want to get graphene os.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Former Intune support engineer here - can confirm that using it in airplane mode will work fine. As part of my support case reproduction testing equipment, I purchased a refurbished Galaxy S10e ages ago and never had a sim for it or any cellular service, only WiFi.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Is there a setting that can be enabled at the management end to allow Graphene to pass the device health check?

    When my employer rolled out intune I had to get a second device to run their ms apps. This was after them trying to figure out a way to get them to work on Graphene.

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