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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by benhurmarcel on Thursday December 03, 2020 @04:25AM (#25287167)
Sometimes your work computer is so locked down that some work tasks are made much easier by having a machine you have full access to.

For example we needed to program an Arduino-type board, but that's not possible with our work laptops (no admin rights, USB ports disabled, etc); we never found a solution other than a personal laptop. Or a colleague needed to run a supplier's simulation tool that needed admin rights, and couldn't get an exception fast enough. Or you need to run a Linux tool.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by jldugger on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:53PM (#25305477)
> Sometimes your work computer is so locked down that some work tasks are made much easier by having a machine you have full access to.

This is not very persuasive. What you really have there is two work laptops.

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