Microsoft demands China staff use iPhones not Android phones – report

Microsoft has introduced that its staff in China will solely be allowed to make use of iPhones for work-related actions beginning in September.

The transfer comes because the US tech big’s world Safe Future Initiative (SFI), goals to standardize worker cybersecurity measures throughout the corporate’s operations.

The choice revealed in an inside memo seen by Bloomberg, will have an effect on tons of of employees throughout mainland China who will now be required to make use of the Microsoft Authenticator password supervisor and Identification Cross app.

The world’s most valuable company will give iPhone 15 fashions to workers presently utilizing Android handsets, together with these made by Chinese language producers like Huawei and Xiaomi.

Why is Microsoft pushing for workers in China to change to iPhones?

The edict comes amid heightened cybersecurity considerations for Microsoft. In January, the agency confirmed it was the topic of a hacking attack by Russian-state-sponsored Midnight Blizzard in what is claimed to have been a focused recon mission affecting a number of US Authorities companies. Microsoft has already begun notifying certain customers that hackers could have accessed their emails following the breach.

The abrupt halt on Android gadgets can be a results of the sophisticated cell sector in China. Google Play just isn’t out there within the nation, which has led smartphone makers to construct and function their very own app shops. Microsoft argued the dearth of Google’s companies in China was a significant factor within the resolution. Apple’s iOS retailer is, nonetheless, out there.

Microsoft has not addressed the problem publicly and didn’t reply queries from media concerning the causes behind the choice.

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