I administer a tenant today that has given me plenty of understanding.

You’d never be able to tell. If this is true your “understanding” doesn’t show but I’ve seen some very dysfunctional organizations so I wouldn’t be surprised.

I am aware of telemetry, yes.

Even if we ignore your continued conflation of Word and Microsoft 365, I suspect you have nothing to support your assertion that Word transmits the content of your document files to Microsoft.

Realistically this whole exchange is moot. A medical providers use of patient data management software in no way constitutes a “release” of data to that software provider as the person I originally replied to seemed to think.

Perhaps you’ll have an opportunity to administer a tenant someday and that’ll give you a better understanding.

So I am not being willfully ignorant. I work with both daily.

Then you’re just being ignorant.

O365, which is actually Microsoft 365 now, is a suite of productivity software as well as collaboration and cloud-based services.

Word is a word processing program. They are not the same and use of Word does not equate to O365.

You should know this. Just like you should know that a business using a piece of software, such as a medical facility using Epic’s patient data management tools, does not equate to patient data being “released” to Epic.

Since you seem to be struggling with the concept perhaps a different example would be easier for you?

Just because you get an MRI doesn’t mean the data collected for the MRI is “released” to GE.

I want to show some love to B&H Photo. They’re one of my go to’s specifically for tech stuff.

I feel like people give up on in store if they can’t find it at a big box store and go to the online equivalent of a big box store (Amazon).

Anybody who puts in a little effort should be able to find a specialty store either in person or online.

I wasn’t having a discussion with them or you however when you present incorrect information or are intentionally obtuse I will call it out.

If you want to engage me on the original topic I can happily explain both how the concept that a medical provider is “releasing” data to a software vendor is wrong and how equating O365 and Word is wrong.

I imagine you’re too busy finding ways to be offended on someone else’s behalf and making light of recent terrorist acts though.

It does, your willful misinterpretation doesn’t change that.

I looked through your post history, you seem to have at least enough technical aptitude to understand that.

released to companies like mychart

What does this mean? MyChart is a software solution used by many medical providers. They don’t “release” medical information to them.

This would be like thinking someone using Office on their computer is “releasing” documents they create to Microsoft.

I totally agree and understand the use case. That plays into that more in depth type of self hosting most here do. All I have is storage via Synology, and Pi-hole, smart home controls and a media server in separate containers.

My use case is strictly QoL improvements that my wife would either just live without or switch to a more conventional, easy to use setup for her.

I don’t self host to the extent many here seem too but I have had the same thought and joked with my wife about it.

Ultimately everything I’ve setup I’ve done in part because it’s my hobby and it interests me. When I’m gone my family will revert to whatever they’d normally be doing without me, because they don’t have interest in it like I do.