> there's nothing wrong with corporations tracking use of their hardware.

As written, that means they can secretly enable the camera and microphone to surveil my house, supposedly to check the usage (or non-usage) of the hardware.

Surely that's very "wrong", if not also illegal in most places. Not everything about or near the hardware is fair game.

My rights are not subordinate to my company's, if anything it should be the reverse. My employment contract is intended for mutual benefit and the company also reserves the right to privacy from me in some things, even things in the scope of my employment. It should be acceptable to do things outside the scope of your employment using corporate devices, and you should retain a reasonable expectation of privacy when doing so.