Who would bring their own equipment to work in software unless they are a founder? That's like paying to work. Especially when employers like to claim ownership rights to all data generated by their employees in the course of business.

Mechanics bring their own tools frequently but their employers don't try to repo their personal vehicles just because the mechanic used the same tools at home and at work

It's fairly common to byod. Just think about personal phones. Do you have corporate phone or do have slack installed on your personal one?

I don't have work slack on my personal phone on principle. If the company wants to require me to be available on their systems they need to provide the hardware

My company hands us out shit laptops running 10 different layers of security devices. Fuck that. I bring my Surface Pro in and actually enjoy my life.

Are you running your personal hardware (without the security) on the internal network? Please tell me you don't have the same level of access with personal hardware as you do with the corporate equipment.

Even in a BYOD environment, an organization should be ensuring any devices granted access to resources are appropriately patched and secured.

I can understand that. I just don't want to have a reason why my employer could call me in off hours, nor for them to claim ownership of stuff I've done.

But then you're the unethical one, here.