Fair enough but I’m sure they’d want me using their supervised device for business purposes vs my own.
Answered your own question. ?
It might be just my country but legally speaking we should not use company devices for personal reasons. I cannot explain it in details but the company pays taxes for the devices we use and the services we use. If we use it for personal gain, we put the company in legal danger.
From a technical perspective it should work. However, I still feel that the OP should take the permission question to management for their explicit OK (I say that as a retired technical manager).
Yes, both are not allowed. We should not use personal devices for work and we should not use company devices/services or personal gain.
Understood, but I was trying to take the question beyond what rules may govern OP's conduct (which I think was OP's intent as well). I'm not suggesting anyone do anything in particular.
So in essence you ARE suggesting the OP question going beyond the employer's rules that govern the OP's conduct. ?
Not at all, because I do not know OP's situation or any specifics of the rules that govern his conduct. Also, his situation may fall into a grey area in that his employer might have a legitimate interest in paying for him to be online, he may be planning to be using his personal iPad for business (which many employers allow), but he may nevertheless feel uncomfortable using his managed iPad for everything he does. I think it would be appropriate to help him with the technical aspect of this (what information does a SIM card transmit or could it transmit to an employer) without engaging in conjecture as to his employer might or might not allow as a matter of procedure.
In summary... the OP should ask his employer.
I guess we're locked into treating this as a question about rules and policy rather than as a technical question. Too bad.In summary... the OP should ask his employer.
Reminds me of the old children's ploy: Dad can I...? Ask your mother! ... Mom, Dad said it was Ok!
... but bluespark said I could on MacRumors! ?
There is no question it is technically feasible; it is rather a question of morals.
The OP's question wasn't about whether he should seek permission but rather whether or not his unauthorized use (which obviously is different from impermissible use) would "notify them in any way." That's not a moral question.
We disagree, unauthorized use is theft plain and simple. It most likely won't notify anyone but can show up in an audit.
Even with using my personal Apple ID? How would they have any control over anything on the iPad or the iPad hardware? Worst they could do is deactivate the SIM assigned to me, right?
Yes, they could deactivate the SIM. You will muddy the privacy waters if you us the company SIM on your private device. If you do that and a legal problem arises with the company, you could be put in a position where you are required to turn over or grant access to your iPad, because you used your personal device for company business, even though you were issued a company iPad.