I can control if I use Linux or not. I can’t control my government being bribed lobbied by big tech that shits on consumer rights. I know what can reasonably change. Also the therapist and doctor offices are bad examples, because they have strong legal defenses through HIPAA.
They do have HIPAA. That doesn’t mean their IT departments configured Windows correctly. Especially if it’s a government facility that’s required by law to accept the lowest bid from a third-party IT provider.
I work in municipal government, and our third-party IT is absolutely terrible. They can’t manage to set up an email address or image a computer without inventing 19 new ways to fuck it up. They’ve called me for help with my coworkers’ computers. If I worked in tech, that wouldn’t be so bad, but I work in the planning department.
Technical issues are irrelevant. If Microsoft is caught acting on this data, then they are in a lot of legal trouble. As far as I know, HIPAA doesn’t have exceptions for unintentional data leakage from inept admins.
I can control if I use Linux or not. I can’t control my government being
bribedlobbied by big tech that shits on consumer rights. I know what can reasonably change. Also the therapist and doctor offices are bad examples, because they have strong legal defenses through HIPAA.They do have HIPAA. That doesn’t mean their IT departments configured Windows correctly. Especially if it’s a government facility that’s required by law to accept the lowest bid from a third-party IT provider.
I work in municipal government, and our third-party IT is absolutely terrible. They can’t manage to set up an email address or image a computer without inventing 19 new ways to fuck it up. They’ve called me for help with my coworkers’ computers. If I worked in tech, that wouldn’t be so bad, but I work in the planning department.
Technical issues are irrelevant. If Microsoft is caught acting on this data, then they are in a lot of legal trouble. As far as I know, HIPAA doesn’t have exceptions for unintentional data leakage from inept admins.