I have to have WhatsApp installed on one of my phones for work purposes. It’s not possible to ask my work to give me a phone (I’m on zero-hours contract). I do have two phones - one DeGoogled pixel running CalyxOS and one iPhone XS. The iPhone I use for banking apps and basically anything that ties directly to me. Apple Pay and so on. Then I use the DeGoogled phone for everything else - most communications done over Signal, taking photos etc. This is my daily driver.
My question is this - is there any way to make WhatsApp as private as possible? I’m fine knowing WhatsApp reads all my messages etc (not really fine per se, but what choice do I have) but what I really don’t want is telemetry. So which phone should I install it on? The private one to limit telemetry, or the regular phone to stop any telemetry from my private phone being read? Or is there some way I can remotely host an instance of WhatsApp or something?
What’s “zero hours contract”?
There are concerns with a company requiring any tool but not providing hardware to use it. That’s bad practice from a corporate perspective, and opens them up to litigation connected to whatever is on that device. This is CTO/CIO Risk Management 101, and why companies provide devices that are heavily restricted.
Its a thing in the UK - basically you don’t sign a contract for regular work, but instead are given work ad hoc. My point being there’re not as many rights given to these types of workers, and they especially aren’t going to buy me a phone - never mind give me paid holiday leave or a pension plan.
Yes youre right its bad practice. But the company I work for really doesn’t care about that. I’m only there temporarily anyways.