[crazygringo]

If your employer isn't requiring you to log in with a personal account on a work device (and they're not), and your personal data doesn't have anything you'd mind your employer seeing, then why not?

Because then there's no slippery slope and you're making a conscious choice. A lot of people lead really boring lives and just want the convenience of using their personal e-mail on the work device. Their employer knowing that the kids need to be picked up from soccer at 6 is a non-issue.

Obviously, if you do have things it's important that your employer/police/government/etc. not know, then don't, a million times.

But if you don't care, then let people make that choice.

[quesera]

> Their employer knowing that the kids need to be picked up from soccer at 6 is a non-issue.

That's great and fine, until anything non-trivial in your life happens. Illness, relationship drama, recruiter conversation, off-hand low-context remarks to/from friends...

The corporate suckware hoovers up the data, and a) exposes you professionally to the company's whims of self-protection, and b) exposes the company legally to your personal imperfections.

Don't cross the streams. It would be bad.

[threetonesun]

Don't forget you don't own your work device and could lose access to it with zero notice. It's a personal pet peeve of mine that MacOS has no way to install with a "forget everything about iCloud" option. I love it for my personal devices but on a work device you quickly notice how it's got it's little hooks all over the OS.

[izacus]

There is an MDM option to disable iCloud, but I'm not sure if its possible to toggle without enrolling macOS into a managed system.

[dml2135]

One reason is that if your employer is sued your personal data/devices can get tied up in the discovery process.

[barbazoo]

How often does that really happen though, I’ve heard this argument so many times but not really the real impact it has from a real incident.

[hypeatei]

I worked with someone who uploaded private git repositories to his email before quitting. People are not very smart.

It's best to completely remove that avenue / temptation anyway, IMO. You can handle personal stuff on your phone. Logging in your work PC is asking for trouble.

[tiahura]

HN readers seem to be very concerned about spies and perverts that might get caught because they naively used X tech.