Not every employer hires folks like you who go out of their way to print confidential emails so they can violate customer privacy. MANY employers have folks wh

Not every employer hires folks like you who go out of their way to print confidential emails so they can violate customer privacy. MANY employers have folks who unless you put a speed bump in their way would have employees inadvertently sync their entire email history onto their kids computer or a random computer while traveling. The ENTIRE POINT of MANY of google's settings is to allow for those railings to be put in place. This is so employees who aren't out to abuse data can go about their day with reduced risk of inadvertently screwing up. This is a big risk factor (I'd argue a much bigger risk factor than intentional employee misbehvior). Additionally, once these controls are in place you can actually drive even better security where needed - it is possible to do a USB / printer / no phone lockout for high security ops - and is done when needed (very rarely). Thin clients are actually popular here - remote desktops another layer making it harder to dump the x million records out of system.