The “Bundeskanzlei” is already switching to opensource solutions and will keep in contact with Army Chief Süssli.

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    3 days ago

    This is from the autotranslated version of the article but

    He therefore calls for a separate, private cloud solution for classified documents to be examined.

    Why does a word processor need to involve the “cloud” at all?

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      Because people want to share documents across various computers. A secure cloud is better than people emailing classified pdfs to authorized distribution lists, or carrying around the document you’re working on in a thumb drive.

      That said, I wouldn’t trust Microsoft, either.

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        And they being stored in a “cloud” (or NAS) is necessary for every bigger institution nowadays. Because people work together and not each for themselves in their own libreoffice writer.

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      “Private Cloud” sounds like “our server. (that we have. in our military building.)”