[pwg]

> We're long past the days where anyone's work email address is their only (or even primary) email address.

You'd be surprised. For those of us here on HN, your statement has been true for decades (for some of us).

But for the average 'worker', there are still way too many who's only computer is the 'work laptop' and who's only email address is 'the work email address'. This tends to be the tech-unsavy and/or tech-fearful crowd that falls into this bucket (who also don't browse HN, so we never interact with them here), but they are still present, and there are far more in this bucket than most tech-savy folks realize.

[goatinaboat]

But for the average 'worker', there are still way too many who's only computer is the 'work laptop' and who's only email address is 'the work email address'

As recently as 10 years ago I would have agreed but now smartphones and tablets are so common I think more people have an email-capable personal device, and probably a “free” email address.

[pwg]

Sadly, no...

Just about a month or so ago the union at $job emailed around to again warn members that, yes, management does monitor your work machines, and indicated that just recently several employees were targeted for using their work laptop at home, after hours, for personal purposes, and one of the personal purposes was one of the specific 'uses' (porn) that management keeps a close watch out for and goes after users for accessing on their work machines.