In the US, a contractor is strictly BYOD... If I'm using a company phone, computer, or anything else, I fully expect that everything is monitored and locked do

In the US, a contractor is strictly BYOD... If I'm using a company phone, computer, or anything else, I fully expect that everything is monitored and locked down. Add your email and other login stuff at your own peril. Be wary of your browser history. I don't care what a company says. If I'm working for them, my personal life is my own personal life. I don't discuss where I work with anyone that is online. I definitely don't mention it on social media, and I flatly refuse to give my social media accounts to any place I apply to. I go home and do nothing related to work, and all my social media revolves around promoting things that do little to betray who I am. Here's the thing. An employer may say "do whatever, we don't care," but it only takes a coworker to see you made an off-color joke or, by horror, said something that isn't along the generally accepted marching of everyone in the company. Office politics seeps into everything, and while the company itself isn't monitoring you, your coworkers are. This isn't malicious, but a slip of the keyboard can have ugly consequences. It's my personal responsibility to protect myself at all times.