A lot of remote FTE contracts I've come across not only demand your updated address during the duration of your employment, but also for 3 or so years after.
I think this is the wrong time to be judging remote work. It's being used out of necessity during one of the most stressful and anxious times in this generation's history.
Of course people want to get back into the office when they've been stuck at home for months, possibly with their souse and children. Of course people aren't their most productive when they're preoccupied with a deadly virus, or threat thereof, or getting toilet paper.
As a remote worker of 5 years myself I was concerned when this all started that it would leave remote work in general in a bad light as the masses were involuntary thrust into adapting, and this unfortunately seems to be coming true because we're not taking into account the humanity of the entire situation.
The problem with this I found for home use is that IoT devices don't typically support enterprise modes. And without PSK you just flat-out can't use those devices with WiFi
Unfortunately paying doesn't alone incentivize data privacy, when those same companies you're paying realize they can also increase profits my monetizing your data or everyone's data in aggregate.
Now tell that to any sales team and they'll tell you to hold their beer. The problem is, now they've sold your vaporware and you _reallly_ need to ship it, now. Like, yesterday.
You don't need to root a phone to install a new operating system. What you do likely need to do is unlock the bootloader, if at all possible.
If it's supported by LineageOS, use that instead. If not - perhaps consider buying a phone that is. If you're really privacy conscious, perhaps look at the CopperheadOS options - they're specifically known for privacy.
Other than that, this is the sad state of big data and advertising. Unless you fight back agasint it, everything about you is going to be poked, proded, and collected for futher processing and aggregation. Hell, a lot of you probably work in that industry here.
You should not assume that any device manufacturer has your interests in mind, as the trends have overwhelmingly shown that anything proprietary always leads to them finding a way to further line their pockets as interest for their product wanes, or their investors get greedier.
These are facts of life; take action but don't be surprised when you're being misled and taken advantage of when you're putting the trust of something so integral in a proprietary party.
I wonder what it would take to make an app that does this exact thing and listens in order to hook into whatever and prevent malicious apps from beaconing. Also seems useful in order to see if there are any such ads out in the wild yet.
