The above dystopia is in fact why most people hate IT. It's not the front line, it is the policies such as expoxying USB ports for data loss prevention that are reviled. Some organizations really do require high levels of DLP - national security for one, production support for secure managed services is another. Others are utterly draconian for questionable cost/benefit reasons.

It should not be considered criminal to use documents on multiple devices. Thankfully saner heads are prevailing as bring-your-own-device policy management and app containerization becomes mandatory now that the CEO and VP of marketing insists on using their iPad.