Any decent company that has you work from home (contractor or employee) will provide you with a laptop. That laptop should be used only for work for that compa

Any decent company that has you work from home (contractor or employee) will provide you with a laptop. That laptop should be used only for work for that company and when you're done with the contract, you return the laptop. This is especially true when you're connecting to their network and using their data. I'm sure there are exceptions for certain types of contracts, but for hourly work this is the norm for companies that take their data security seriously.