Legal firms, accounting services, medical offices all use... Windows and Outlook
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June 24, 2026
PurpleDime:
> This is why various European countries and cities are moving away from Microsoft.
this is mostly a facade from what I’ve read.
they don’t actually care about any of the underlying issues at hand and will switch one broken option for another “solution”
PurpleDime:
> work like regular offices when it comes to their computers
that is: unlocked, unencrypted, outdated, unchecked… insecure
bonus points for all the legal/accounting offices using cheap wireless keyboards with zero encryption
PurpleDime:
> or a restaurant’s computer.
while true for bank or grocery, for small restaurants these can either be horrendous windows xp era machines or just plain ipads.
PurpleDime:
> We should complain every time we see it happen
agreed
seriously, people need to start putting their foot down in every single interaction, it is the only way to start shifting the scale
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