H just got a new job. The new company pays for his existing cell phone. The deal was that he could either get a new phone/plan on his own or we could seperate our existing joint phone plan into two individuals and he could keep his existing phone. We just bought new phones a couple of months ago so he chose option 2.
I have heard of companies providing phones and paying for them. All the companies I have worked for also do this for upper management positions. I have not heard about a company forcing you to have an individual phone plan tho. He told me it was so they could keep their paperwork straight and make sure they are only paying for his phone and not anything more since I am not an employee of his company. Ok, fine. So we switched it. Now we have two separate accounts.
He did not give me his log-in and password for his new account. I didnt outright ask for it, but its pretty typical for us to share log in and passwords with each other for everything because we both participate in paying the bills. Its always been a matter of whoever has the time at that moment to log in and pay it. Even though his phone is paid for by his company, we still pay it up front and he gets reimbursed.
I was a little irritated that he didnt offer the log in. So I went on and checked on it myself. He has a hand full of usernames and passwords that he uses for pretty much everything so it wasnt hard to guess. He used one of his common names and passwords. I didnt tell him that I went digging to make sure I knew his username and password. I just let it go.
Then yesterday for the first time we were sitting together while out with friends and I saw him pull out his phone and that it was passcode locked. When we bought our phones we did not put passcodes on them. I asked him casually what was up with the code - "When did you do that?". He said that his company required him to do it since his company email is sent directly to his phone. Sounds like a legit answer so I didnt question it. But I did playfully ask him "So they think youre so important that someone might find all your boring email from work and care enough to go through it? Is your wife not even allowed to see your email?"
He smiled and kinda laughed. Then I said "Really you wont tell me your passcode?" and he said he couldn't and they told him at work to make sure he doesn't tell anyone.
Fwiw - he is a government contractor with no security clearance involved. I work in the same industry doing the same work for a different company - actually our companies are direct competition to each other. So I dont know if its possible if the phone security is specifically against me as his bosses know who I am and who I work for, or if its just a general thing.
I was irritated again that hes locked up his phone and was acting like I was crazy for making a deal out of it. He changed the subject and I let it go because it was clear I wasnt getting anywhere. Later I saw him type in his passcode so I now know it but have not told him so.
I haven't touched his phone and wasnt planning to start snooping around on it. But the sudden barriers dont make me happy. He knows I spend a lot of time reading these kinds of forums so I think he thinks I let my imagination run wild.
Thoughts?
I have heard of companies providing phones and paying for them. All the companies I have worked for also do this for upper management positions. I have not heard about a company forcing you to have an individual phone plan tho. He told me it was so they could keep their paperwork straight and make sure they are only paying for his phone and not anything more since I am not an employee of his company. Ok, fine. So we switched it. Now we have two separate accounts.
He did not give me his log-in and password for his new account. I didnt outright ask for it, but its pretty typical for us to share log in and passwords with each other for everything because we both participate in paying the bills. Its always been a matter of whoever has the time at that moment to log in and pay it. Even though his phone is paid for by his company, we still pay it up front and he gets reimbursed.
I was a little irritated that he didnt offer the log in. So I went on and checked on it myself. He has a hand full of usernames and passwords that he uses for pretty much everything so it wasnt hard to guess. He used one of his common names and passwords. I didnt tell him that I went digging to make sure I knew his username and password. I just let it go.
Then yesterday for the first time we were sitting together while out with friends and I saw him pull out his phone and that it was passcode locked. When we bought our phones we did not put passcodes on them. I asked him casually what was up with the code - "When did you do that?". He said that his company required him to do it since his company email is sent directly to his phone. Sounds like a legit answer so I didnt question it. But I did playfully ask him "So they think youre so important that someone might find all your boring email from work and care enough to go through it? Is your wife not even allowed to see your email?"
He smiled and kinda laughed. Then I said "Really you wont tell me your passcode?" and he said he couldn't and they told him at work to make sure he doesn't tell anyone.
Fwiw - he is a government contractor with no security clearance involved. I work in the same industry doing the same work for a different company - actually our companies are direct competition to each other. So I dont know if its possible if the phone security is specifically against me as his bosses know who I am and who I work for, or if its just a general thing.
I was irritated again that hes locked up his phone and was acting like I was crazy for making a deal out of it. He changed the subject and I let it go because it was clear I wasnt getting anywhere. Later I saw him type in his passcode so I now know it but have not told him so.
I haven't touched his phone and wasnt planning to start snooping around on it. But the sudden barriers dont make me happy. He knows I spend a lot of time reading these kinds of forums so I think he thinks I let my imagination run wild.
Thoughts?
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