Nothing serious, but the general consensus online is that it would be the smart thing to do. Note the keyword online. Given that I frequented Reddit and now Lemmy, there's obviously a bias.
UK people were kinda drunk on their former glory and didn't quite notice that basically everyone worth considering (US, EU, China) has the upper hand when dealing with them alone. Realistically speaking, they'll have to join EU (or its successor) eventually if they want to stay relevant. We might be talking 10 years, 20 years, 50 or even 100. If I personally had to guess, it's gonna be 20 to 40 years.
Edit: Forgot to mention that UK had a lot of exceptions because they joined quite early where they had a lot more political strength over the union. When they join, they'll have to do it by the same rules as everyone else without exceptions which many of them are salty about (meaning those who are generally pro-rejoin but not under the same rules as other countries).
Yeah, they lack personal freedom in USA, it's just the way it is. Freedom means it's ok for your boss to spy on you, they're free to do that and you are free to be spied on. Oh and they get to own a gun which makes them like really really cool and tough.
Installing software to log and remotely access a computer is not illegal.
Remember that the computer isn't yours and that you signed a document permitting it.
Not restricting access and using it maliciously might be illegal though. Idk.