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We've got to stop sending files to each other

Another day, another data breach. the spreadsheet, initially shared in 2022, and thought to contain data related to a small number of applicants, had contained hidden data related to more than 18,000 people.  ICO statement in response to 2022 MoD data breach Why are people still sending files to each other? I remember having a stand-up argument a decade ago with a project manager who wanted us …

I remember having a stand-up argument a decade ago with a project manager who wanted us to email a completed Word template to him every day. The best minds of a generation stuck in a paradigm of downloading files to their local machine, making changes, then emailing git push ing them up to be approved? There is no such thing as a filesystem directory - it's just a convention to make computing palatable for people born in the 20th century who lived in a world of A4 paper and manilla folders.

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