Comment by eterm

16 days ago

Apple doesn't have the same dominance in the UK than it does in the US, so the UK would probably just tough that one out.

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MortyWaves  16 days ago

I have zero clue where you’re getting this from. iPhone is incredibly popular and every politician has one.

  • wkat4242  16 days ago

    True, the UK is one of the few European countries where iOS is bigger than android just like in the US. I work in mobile management and we see those a lot in northern Europe. Where they're scarce is in South and East Europe.

    Here in Spain no person has even tried to SMS me (which is the fallback for iMessage which I don't have) for 6 years or so :). I also don't have RCS enabled. It's all WhatsApp and Telegram.

  • izacus  16 days ago

    It's very likely that iCloud is outright disabled via MDM on those politician iPhones anyway, so they probably wouldn't even notice.

    • michaelt  16 days ago

      In the UK the employment arrangements of politicians are very unconventional. In some ways, they're more like independent contractors than salaried employees.

      If your MP has an office in their constituency? They rent the office and buy all the computers and desks and printers and whatnot out of their own pocket, and get the expenses reimbursed later on.

      The separation between work life and professional life is also extremely blurry. After all, you have to build up a network of supporters and donors and people in the party who like you before you can get elected. So hundreds of your best supporters and closest allies already have your personal number saved against your name in their phone.

      I think they do not have MDM.

    • pjc50  16 days ago

      The phones tend to be personal phones. We found that out when there was a big investigation trying to retrieve Whatsapp messages.