It's my phone, my property. Nobody gets to access it without my permission, period. If someone sneaks a back door onto my phone, that is criminal.
If experienced developers don't know about this feature, there is no earthly way that the average user can be considered to have consented to access.
My boss can't kick down my door and ransack my house to find secret documents he gave me. If I violate my NDA, he can seek to remedy that in civil court.
It's my phone, my property. Nobody gets to access it without my permission, period.
And by connecting to ActiveSync you are telling your phone to "do ActiveSync things" and that includes letting it push policies such as "require a PIN/Password" and "be erased when needed". That you didn't know it meant that is not really grounds for saying it's criminal or whatever.
Hey, you know one earthly way you could know about this feature? Asked. "Hey IT people, can I connect my home phone to my work email? What should I know?".
If experienced developers don't know about this feature, there is no earthly way that the average user can be considered to have consented to access.
My boss can't kick down my door and ransack my house to find secret documents he gave me. If I violate my NDA, he can seek to remedy that in civil court.