To me, a freelance writer, this would probably not be that useful.

But it occurs to me that if a company is using it, and RELYING on it for preventing the sending out of confidential files, it could be highly dangerous. What if it failed to prevent something being sent out one day? What if it got it all screwed up, and let some things go, others not (even if they can go out)? And what if it stopped working altogether?

Indeed, what if you forget, and in a year, someone is able to send out confidential files from the company, because a licence wasn't obtained in time?

I dunno, but to me it seems somewhat "dangerous" -- and therefore kinda inviting the very thing you'd like to avoid....

There must be a market for this sort of thing -- with companies. But I bet the developers cover themselves with exculpatory clauses that state they "are not responsible for any malfunctions" -- like files that go out "inadvertently" even though marked as "Confidential" with this programme....

As Barry Johnson says, "'Isn't this just a solution looking for a problem?"

The problem is, it could make one. Or many.

Tranmontane  –  6 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+17)

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Tranmontane,

Microsoft has a large array of biz solutions that allow meeting GDPR requirements, restricting/preventing access etc., but it's complicated enough to need IT specialists to set up & maintain, and all together probably too expensive for smaller businesses. If anyone's curious, Tony Redmond has written a number of articles on that sort of thing:
petri[.]com/author/tony-redmond

My take is that Confidential helps those smaller businesses, especially now that they may have to consider GDPR. I think you're correct that Confidential isn't an overwhelming solution, but then it doesn't require what for some are overwhelming resources.

Tranmontane, Microsoft has a large array of biz solutions that allow meeting GDPR requirements, restricting/preventing access etc., but it's complicated enough to need IT specialists to set up & maintain, and all together probably too expensive for smaller businesses. If anyone's curious, Tony Redmond has written a number of articles on that sort of thing: petri[.]com/author/tony-redmond My take is that Confidential helps those smaller businesses, especially now that they may have to consider GDPR. I think you're correct that Confidential isn't an overwhelming solution, but then it doesn't require what for some are overwhelming resources.
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mike  –  6 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+11)

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I work in a hectic office with a lot of email/messenger interaction and I have to ask myself, 'Is this a solution looking for a problem?'

Barry Johnson  –  6 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+6)

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