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Re:ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open by smt88 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:42PM (#10898218)
Those practices use purpose-built software, not Outlook or some other Windows-readable program. Microsoft also offers HIPAA-compliant service agreements for such businesses.

If those offices aren't hiring someone who knows those things, they're probably not HIPAA compliant for many other reasons as well.

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Re:ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open by criddell on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @08:55PM (#10899138)
Very small offices may not use purpose-built software. My dentist when I was at school was a one-person operation (he's retired now).

Even if they are using purpose built software, by default Cortana watches what you type in everything and sends samples (at least) to Microsoft. You can turn Cortana off, but you can't uninstall it or even stop it from running and you can't be sure that Microsoft won't just turn it back on anyway (unless you are an enterprise customer).

I just don't understand why Microsoft doesn't just allow all of that stuff to be turned off by everybody? I could be pretty happy with Windows 10 if it respected my privacy more.

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