News Summary

• "It's inevitable to block any kind of voice recording, not just formal communications including meetings, office conversations, business announcements and complaints from and consultations with the public, but also informal communications such as private phone calls (within military buildings)," the document distributed by the military reportedly says.
• iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro MaxAn iPhone ban in the South Korean military that has less to do with security and more to do with a poorly crafted mobile device management suite coupled with nationalism may be expanding to the rank-and-file.
• A report on Tuesday morning claims that the ban is on all devices capable of voice recording and do not allow third-party apps to lock this down — with iPhone specifically named.
• The report says the camera can be locked down by mobile device management, but there are ways to prevent audio recording as well.
• The issue appears to be that the South Korean National Defense Mobile Security mobile device management app doesn't seem to be able to block the use of the microphone.
• The apparently faulty South Korean military MDM aside, there are obvious reasons to not have a device handy that can communicate with the outside world when security is paramount.