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minus-squaresimple@lemmy.mywire.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·2 years agoThis reminded me of the time during Covid where the UK covid information for patients was stored in Excel. Didn’t turn out well for them https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
minus-squarePerogiBoi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·2 years agoYou would be honestly very uncomfortable if you knew how much sensitive information is stored on the desktop of someone as an excel spreadsheet.
minus-squarexpinchx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoTrue, I work in ecomm and we definitely have database exports being passed around relatively freely. No passwords obviously, but segmentation data, emails, addresses, phone numbers, etc. We have good IT security but it still doesn’t feel great.
This reminded me of the time during Covid where the UK covid information for patients was stored in Excel.
Didn’t turn out well for them
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
You would be honestly very uncomfortable if you knew how much sensitive information is stored on the desktop of someone as an excel spreadsheet.
True, I work in ecomm and we definitely have database exports being passed around relatively freely. No passwords obviously, but segmentation data, emails, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
We have good IT security but it still doesn’t feel great.