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  "path": "/t/legal-firms-accounting-services-medical-offices-all-use-windows-and-outlook/38734#post_4",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T15:27:10.000Z",
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  "textContent": "_**It will take a long time for the culture to change**_\n\nThis is why various European countries and cities are moving away from Microsoft. That being said, I have friends who work for European government institutions, and their offices do not seem to be following these new directions.\n\nFor example, I have a Danish friend who works for the Danish Trade Council in Australia, and they are fully embracing Co-Pilot, Zoom, and those surveillance apps. It seems they did not get the memo, and I suspect that even if they had, unless they were forced to, they will not move away from these surveillance tools. Maybe it’s because it’s still early days, and they may give themselves years before they fully transition, but for many offices it doesn’t seem like they are even trying.\n\n_**Limitatons on work computers exist**_\n\nI know that legal firms work like regular offices when it comes to their computers, but from my observation banks, grocery stores, and restaurants work differently. What I mean is that there is very little you can do outside what is strictly authorized on a bank’s computer, or a restaurant’s computer.\n\nBy restaurant computer, I don’t mean the computer that the owner or manager is using in their office, I mean the computer that registers all the orders. And it’s the same for grocery stores.\n\nThis is why part of me feels like privacy laws are either not strong enough, or not likely to be enforced, because every business office uses Microsoft and adobe products.\n\nAnd in 2026, most of those apps require a constant connection to the internet with an account that sees everything you do. People who work in the creative industries should also have grounds to complain because Adobe’s AI is training on their labor.\n\n_**We should sue Big Tech to oblivion**_\n\nNot long ago I was watching a panel talk show about the banality of sexual assault. The panel included lawyers, judges, and journalists who are experts on the topic, as well as victims. The judges and lawyers were saying that if every person who was a victim of sexual assault sought justice, the courts would be overwhelmed because it is so common.\n\nI think it is the same with surveillance. I think that if a significant portion of the world population was aware of the pervasiveness of surveillance, and filed complaints to their data protection authority, they would be overwhelmed. Some are already overwhelmed. I would not be surprised if some would be so overwhelmed that they would not allow all these big tech companies to be sued to oblivion because their apps are quasi ubiquitous in every industry, including government.\n\nAnd yet, I think this is what it will take to change the system. We should complain every time we see it happen, if DPA fails to protect us, it proves that privacy laws are just theater. We have to start a revolution to change the current paradigm.",
  "title": "Legal firms, accounting services, medical offices all use... Windows and Outlook"
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