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Work computers are like this, a bit, but typically they don't exfiltrate their own data outside their own corporate borders. That's a big deal/difference.

The other issue, the vendors tend not to leave glaring security holes in their software, both because of IT desire to maintain control of the operating environment, but also because there is intense awareness that corporate espionage is a constant, real, and ongoing threat.

It sounds like the MS folks rushed out a "feature" and wanted to pretend we all live in some utopia where nobody does anything bad, ever. Possibly all snorting coke or something...



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