You should be embarrased to post that in what used to be technical forum
Name one technically inaccurate point made in my post. Tick, tock. I'm waiting.
A laptop in possession of a trustworthy employee governed by policy is not losing physical control
So you're saying that all employees will carry their laptop on their person at all times, including while they're going through airport security (in which the agent asks you to take the laptop aside), never left in a hotel room, never left in a meeting room at a conference while everyone goes to grab lunch, and etc?
You really have no clue. You should be the embarrassed one.
The OP didn't mention what the policies and so this entire thread will be a flame war.
Well thanks for taking the high road buddy.
Except the last paragraph which is dangerously naive
No, it's not naive just because you don't like the point I made. Just because you've never worked with a company that can't keep up with patches doesn't mean these IT departments don't exist. Unlike you, I've actually done real IT work, done IT consulting, and do IT security for a living.