Re: There are mindset issues at play here, too
Well said @AC you have articulated an uneasy feeling I have had for sometime. In the pursuit of "saving users from themselves" I think corporate IT have become control freaks.
It's certainly important to protects yourself from malware, data leakage etc. but once the essentials are served leave it to the users, and have a way of returning the device to a ground state configuration should they tinker.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
