[sdeetz]

Of course he could remotely wipe the device. But that's not the point. How much time would elapse between the time the device was stolen and when he relizes it and sends the wipe command?

If it is true that he does not use the phone that often, it is very possible that an hour or more could go by before he realized it was gone. In that amount of time, a hacker could easily get valuable information out of the phone.

It's just not worth the risk.

I work for a software company, and our CEO has said that he and all the officers use Qs, but do not carry any company information on their phones other than phone numbers.

They do not load any company documents on the phones at all, and for email they do not synchronize with our server. They have a special mobile website they built where they have to log in via a VPN each time to be able to access their emails from their phones. But the emails are not actually saved on the phone itself. The emails stay on the server and the phone just works as a viewer. That way if the phone is ever lost, the only info the thief could get is the phone numbers in it, which can easily be changed.

So remote wipe is nice, but if not caught in time would not prevent data from being stolen off the device. So most executives will not rely on this. It's just not worth the risk.