> That aside, using your work equipment for personal stuff (or vice-versa) is just a really dumb idea.
I see people say this all the time, but so far I have never seen any convincing arguments for why I should stop using my work laptop for personal use hah.
If you work for a company that has any kind of audits or certifications or regulation compliance or such (so, basically any company other than a recent tiny startup), your company computer is riddled with spyware that tracks every site you visit, all data in your files and buffers, may have keystroke recording, remote screenshots, and on an on.
Even companies that don't necessarily want this stuff will have it forced on them by this or that auditor soon enough.
And that's just the privacy angle.
If you were to work on any personal projects on that company laptop now you have an intellectual property mess on your hands.
I see people say this all the time, but so far I have never seen any convincing arguments for why I should stop using my work laptop for personal use hah.