To consider this request beyond unreasonable?

[luckylucky24]

DH has just text me to say his work have asked him to install an app that gives them access to his photos, browsing data and location.
His phones is full of pictures of our kids, some in the bath etc. This aside I feel this is a huge invasion of privacy. Surely the don't have a leg to stand on? Can they enforce this?

@quartz
AirWatch is a remote monitoring tool for mobile devices.
Your IT Department can control, wipe, install and uninstall apps on your phone using it.

Or work email is provided via google and has that annoying two step authentication. I was asked to install an app on my personal iPhone to access my work email, which app would have had the permission to wipe my phone. I don't know what other permissions it would have wanted as I told them to fuck off declined. Strangely, the IT guy is quite happy for me to check my work email via the web browser (Safari). So we're all happy, but I don't understand their point of view at all.

@LurkingHusband

What's an ISP in this context?

Sounds like standard app permission to me. Do people actually ever read what details you're giving apps by reading the small print? Or is just me?
I ask as it never ceases to amaze me just what information people are giving to apps by installing them - you see it all the time on FB,for example.
Lots of those "what movie character are you?" type quizzes - sometimes I think "ooh, sounds like fun, I'll have a go."
Then when I go to do it the little box says "this app is requesting to access your friends lists, all your photos, and your timeline ."
Erm, NO. I don't think so. Do people genuinely not read them or do they just not care and do it anyway?

What's an ISP in this context?

Information Security Policy.

Do people genuinely not read them or do they just not care and do it anyway?

Combination of the two will account for 80% of people ...

Apps by their nature use parts of your phone to work. So for example if an app has a map function then it needs to access your GPS information in order for the map to work. That's what is generally meant by giving access - you have to choose to allow the app access to the phone functionality so it can work properly. So in principle it's totally innocuous.

That said, there are issues around security and around software using people's lack of knowledge against them. If the company itself can't explain how the app works then I would definitely say no to using it.

If they want him to be contactable outside of work they need to provide a phone. Simple

If they expect him to work outside office hours, he needs to check his Contract and Job Description. If emails start to erode his worklife balance and steal his family time (not just the odd emergency email) and if he isn't being remunerated sufficiently to include the extra work, he should mention it at his next meeting with his manager to gain clarity on their expectations, so they aren't making unreasonable demands of him.