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How can I avoid proprietary software on school & company computers? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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School computers are riddled with spyware & proprietary software, the fact that they use windows is bad enough, but then you are forced to use edge or chrome and other proprietary software and often you are blocked from installing open source alternatives like librewolf or duck duck go may be blocked.

What I am asking is, how can we get around this, do i just need to bring my own laptop using FOSS privacy respecting software. or is there another way around this. Thanks for the help.

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[–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

If the company or school isn't more privacy-conscious, it's their problem, not the employee's or student's. Naturally if they don't use these devices for private matters. You can only warn of these problems and how to alleviate or solve them, if they do not pay attention, you only have to shrug your shoulders.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    It's definitely also the user's problem. It's their information being leaked.

    The best you can immediately and personally do, as others have said, is make sure there's no personal information on devices you don't own as far as possible. Also avoid using them at all as far as possible to minimize damage.

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