Remote iPad monitoring questions

[McGoo]

So everyone at work is getting an iPad from work to record data on, moving away from paper records. As far as I know the software is fairly unique, and it isn't like anything else available (for the iPad at least, it's been out for PC for ages). The iPads are all individual issue items, you can do what you want with them, load your own apps etc. I think it's great as I now have an iPad to play with.

My question is how much they can be monitored remotely by our IT department. They have pre-installed profiles on them that allow remote login, contain passwords for different networks, and others I'm not sure about. I should say that I'm not trying to circumvent their controls, and I'm not looking at anything remotely shady or bad. I don't have Facebook or any other apps on here with personal information, apart from tapatalk, because I was told it is possible for them to look up any and all passwords that might be stored on here, for all apps on the iPad. Is this possible? And is it possible for them to have live monitoring on what we look at, as opposed to trolling through the history in safari, etc?

[darkfibre]

To see if they are monitoring, find a way to list all processes and see whats running. If there is software to use a command line shell, you should be able to kill things that are unseen too.

[Rhino]

I don't have Facebook or any other apps on here with personal information, apart from tapatalk, because I was told it is possible for them to look up any and all passwords that might be stored on here, for all apps on the iPad. Is this possible?

I'm not a Mac expert but a lot of passwords are stored in Keychain, which is a password management location.
However, I'm not sure exactly which passwords it stores.

And is it possible for them to have live monitoring on what we look at, as opposed to trolling through the history in safari, etc?

Not that I'm aware of.

[robocop]

I'm not a Mac expert but a lot of passwords are stored in Keychain, which is a password management location.
However, I'm not sure exactly which passwords it stores.

Originally Posted by McGoo
And is it possible for them to have live monitoring on what we look at, as opposed to trolling through the history in safari, etc?

Not that I'm aware of.

yes it is quite easy its called apple remote access with ARD you can remotely look at OR control it

[Rhino]

Had a quick look but didn't see anything about it controlling an iPad.

[I Fancy Holidays]

Don't quote me but i didn't think there was anything your IT dept can check up on or control remotely on iPads. Apple on the other hand...

[Zook SV]

I think there is an implied privacy issue here. All workplaces have to have in place a policy stating the extent of monitoring, surveillance and audits of computers. Ask the IT department for a copy of the policy to clarify where you stand. If you have a union rep, get them involved.

Apple Remote Desktop is used to remotely view and control computers, I was not aware that it now can be used for the iPad.