Oh ok I see what ya mean now. I was thinking a wired connection. Didn't think of wireless hotspot. That said, in the case of the iPhone being an employer issued one, I would think it would be linked to the person somehow even though purchased by the company. My former employer gave us an iPhone and they had all sorts of extra security in place and one person lost their job when trying to sreturn the phone to ATT (he wanted the money for it I guess). Don't know all the specifics but they somehow knew who's phone was attempted to be returned. I don't see how in general it wouldn't be possible, but depending on the company (large tech firm in the case of my former employer), there will be all sorts of added tracking features.
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So like when I was a corporate owner we gave employees iPhones with AT&T they had no choice but we didn't care how they used it (within reason). It was just Apple and AT&T were both clients, big clients so we never wanted them to see our people with anything else.
So I am not so much talking about the employer just being stuck with the device. It was just one example of a why.
Personally I can do anything I want but it this works it may be the way I get off iPhone, make sure I have everything working before moving the SIM. Something like that.
Yea get where ya comin from now. Just was saying for someone who may try this with a corp phone, depending on how its setup it may defeat the purpose. But I see no reason that with the proper precautions taken to keep one's identity private in the process that it wouldn't be possible.
gotta remember, you most certainly have a different mindset than the typical corporate bosses these days.