Do they allow 3G tablets or anything that falls in the not-a-phone-but-has-a-SIM/baseband proc?
I'm assuming a GSM (or equivalent) baseband is the only thing separating smartphone from smartablet and smartlaptop nowadays, correct? If they allow 3G tablets, then this is a security-theater kind decision, aimed to appease "management", and we must make fun of them.
If they ban all baseband-carrying devices, then this is a consistent policy that is paranoid about a very specific thing that, quite frankly, invites a lot of healthy paranoia.
I wonder what it'll take to open up those baseband processors.
As far as I remember nobady checks wheter you carry a phone into a meeting. It is just forbidden. If they say that phone is forbidden it means literally that phone is forbidden, no matter smart phone or dump phone, tablet with 3G is okay because it is not a phone overall. You may show some slides ets you know... or you might want to connect to the internet...
They have internet access there. Why would someone use their phone while they have microphones and internet acces in their tablets and laptops... These people are clueless about technology. Also they use Windows.
I'm assuming a GSM (or equivalent) baseband is the only thing separating smartphone from smartablet and smartlaptop nowadays, correct? If they allow 3G tablets, then this is a security-theater kind decision, aimed to appease "management", and we must make fun of them.
If they ban all baseband-carrying devices, then this is a consistent policy that is paranoid about a very specific thing that, quite frankly, invites a lot of healthy paranoia.
I wonder what it'll take to open up those baseband processors.