German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
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Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#2Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service.
[1] - https://moj.gov.pl/uslugi/engine/ng/index?xFormsAppName=Wnio... (in Polish)
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#3The state of Hesse, not Germany. Data protection is overseen by the states, not the federal government.
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#4Maybe they should deploy it via Constellation https://github.com/edgelesssys/constellation
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#5Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service. [1] - https://moj.gov.pl/uslugi/engine/ng/index?xFormsAppName=Wnio... (in Polish)
> Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service.
Preface: Teams is horrible and it's super bloated for a simple chat app, but it's a mainstay for remote work along Slack and Zoom unfortunately.
It's still better than the architecture using ID.me they built for unemployment benefits during COVID which in FL was subsequently hacked and leaked all kinds of personal info (that was already leaked with Equihax). The CEO then brazenly said it was not his company's responsibility to secure for attacks from hackers!
> The DEO hired ID.me last spring, an identity verification company, in order to confirm the identities of agency clients when they access their CONNECT accounts. However, ID.me was not hired to protect against hackers. Nixon said the DEO recommends that victims of the hacking “monitor their financial accounts, and if they see any unauthorized activity, they should promptly contact their financial institution.”
This kind of nepotism has to be called out for the crime that it is, good on Hesse for taking the initiative to do so, lets see if they move to FOSS. The Libre suite does everything word used to do without all the cloud BS that makes it entirely un-useable if you have ever spent 10 mins using a Linux distro.
I just found a quote from a ID.ME rep on their subreddit [1] that 'didn't age very well' as they say in light of what happened soon after:
Security and the protection of our users is our BIGGEST concern. This is why we are very much user based. Any information that we have is sent through users. You are able to revoke your accounts at any time. We have security teams that work overtime to make sure hacks and fraudsters do not happen. Thorough investigations and screenings happen on the backend to protect our users.
And it gets worse in 2022 [2], they swapped CEOs but the MO remains in place: fleece pubic agencies and lock people out of their UI benefits.
0: https://www.bocaratontribune.com/bocaratonnews/2021/07/hacke...
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/IDmeSupport/comments/n3exk9/comment...
2: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/01/24/biometric-tech-company-i...
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#6Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service. [1] - https://moj.gov.pl/uslugi/engine/ng/index?xFormsAppName=Wnio... (in Polish)
> Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service. Preface: Teams is horrible and it's super bloated for a simple chat app, but it's a mainstay for remote work along Slack and Zoom unfortunately. It's still better than the architecture using ID.me they built for unemployment benefits during COVID which in FL was subsequently hacked and…
Why the teams hate. I personally find it the best conferencing tool for recurring cadence
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service. Preface: Teams is horrible and it's super bloated for a simple chat app, but it's a mainstay for remote work along Slack and Zoom unfortunately. It's still better than the architecture using ID.me they built for unemployment benefits during COVID which in FL was subsequently hacked and…
Why the teams hate. I personally find it the best conferencing tool for recurring cadence
It’s a resource hog.
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#8Good thing. During the epidemic the school our kids attend started to use Teams because no one managed to reliably set up BigBlueButton (not the school but some public county resource). I was the only parent to complain but after a lengthy discussion with the principal I finally gave in.
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service. Preface: Teams is horrible and it's super bloated for a simple chat app, but it's a mainstay for remote work along Slack and Zoom unfortunately. It's still better than the architecture using ID.me they built for unemployment benefits during COVID which in FL was subsequently hacked and…
Why the teams hate. I personally find it the best conferencing tool for recurring cadence
I don't know what the experience is like on Windows, but on other platforms it barely works. Super buggy. Super flakey. Super slow.
The audio in conferencing also renders it unusable.
Re: German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Meanwhile, Polish gov't uses Microsoft Teams [1] as one of ways of verifying citizens who are applying for trusted profile service. Preface: Teams is horrible and it's super bloated for a simple chat app, but it's a mainstay for remote work along Slack and Zoom unfortunately. It's still better than the architecture using ID.me they built for unemployment benefits during COVID which in FL was subsequently hacked and…
Why the teams hate. I personally find it the best conferencing tool for recurring cadence
I haven’t used teams that much, but one annoyance I found immediately is that it uses the lowest resolution of my webcam and doesn’t offer a way to change it to other resolutions. Slack and FaceTime both work fine with the same camera, but with FaceTime it looks like I have a camera from the ‘90s.