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ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months ago by davidagain@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft, the tool of tyrants.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank God. Imagine how much worse things would be if they used decent software.

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate microslop as much as the next guy, but using OneDrive for government stuff isn't exactly evil. Though they gleefully took the cash is still nefarious-adjacent.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

If they left it at OneDrive that would be one thing, but I don't believe for a second that "We helped enable surveillance and AI targeting of drone strikes in a genocidal campaign" Microsoft is not more deeply involved than OneDrive

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Microsoft has been the go to for both private sector and public sector office software for decades. This is not a surprise at all.

[–] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I keep asking myself, why if there are a lot of countries in the world, why the people keep wanting to go to such a shitty country where you will be treated as a terrorist?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Well there’s some solace in knowing they’re relying on one of the most unreliable companies in tech.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

All the more reason to move away from Windows.