I didn’t deny your feelings, jshore, I asked you a question. Which I suppose, in a backhanded way, you answered, and the answer was “No.” That was all I wanted to know.
I’m not allowed to use my employer’s computer for whatever I want either, FWIW. I don’t, however, feel that this is a restriction on my “freedom” or “liberty,” as I do not have the freedom to put other people’s property to use in ways they do not want. I suppose this is a point on which reasonable people may differ, and it’s completely tangential to the thread anyway.