On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:57:06 -0400 jfmessier [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com wrote: > However, if the software is from a foreign company, they may be able > to remotely control the software (closed source, remember ???) to > access your content. And with software updated over the internet, > like Microsoft 365, they can do all kinds of things with your > data........................... Yes, sure. But all modern Intel and AMD processors contains a separate management engine that is always running, whose firmware is closed-source and that can have complete control over your hardware, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (I hope, since it seems the data centre will be used by CSE, that the servers will be running Linux...) Regards, Dianne. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org