[swaranga]

I am loving the Netflix model. You can ask for a MacBook or a thinkpad. If you opt for the thinkpad, you can also install whatever Linux you want and all tools will still work.

In fact you can bring your own laptop and without reimaging use that for development. All interval tools (of which there aren’t too many are written in Go so are cross platform). I ordered a framework laptop and will expense it once it is here.

[pertbert]

That's flexible! Does this flexibility derive from have a simpler threat model at Netflix? How damaging would insider risk be?

[swaranga]

Not a security engineer so can’t comment on the threat model. But an insider threat like a rogue employee can do as much damage with a managed laptop vs an unmanaged one IMO.