Security News > 2021 > April > Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, because I know you are
Maybe it's sending personal texts or emails from your work phone, editing personal documents or photos on your work laptop, or joining a virtual happy hour with friends from your work tablet.
At least the potentially more hazardous activities, such as storing personal data on your work machine or storying sensitive company data on your personal devices.
The government agreed to loan the computers to Deutch basically under the condition that he become an unpaid government consultant, not use the computers for personal work and buy a computer to which he could transfer his personal data.
Over half of people are using work machines for personal stuff and vice versa.
According to a 2020 survey by antivirus software maker Kaspersky, 57% of respondents said they checked work email on their personal smartphone and 36% did work on their personal laptop or desktop.
If Deutch's story isn't enough to discourage you from using a company-issued device for personal activities and vice versa, consider this...more employers are monitoring activity on corporate devices as more employees work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.