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Besides committing crimes (pirating content, fraud, etc) and doing questionable things (such as accessing porn), I would refrain from creating anything using my work computer (such as a web app, mobile app, blog). It is very common for companies to add clauses that says that anything you produce using their equipment is their IP.

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Check your local laws too. In CA it doesn’t matter if they have a clause, they can claim ownership of your IP if you use company time or resources (including a company machine).

That said it’s a reasonable policy and easy to make a clean break. Some jurisdictions will let companies claim anything you developed during your term of employment.

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