<story><title>Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy concerns</title><url>https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/denmark-bans-google-email-and-cloud-services-due-to-privacy-concerns/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dx034</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d have to disagree here. Teaching kids how to use Word and Excel will help them for the majority of office jobs out there.</text></item><item><author>wiz21c</author><text>Now let&amp;#x27;s ban MSFT Office365 too. It&amp;#x27;s of zero use to teach whatever to the kids.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lrvick</author><text>Should we teach kids to use TikTok and Facebook so they will be better prepared to help with future office marketing tasks too?&lt;p&gt;This line of thinking is poison and will only amplify the monopolisic power of whatever select companies make the taught-in-schools list.&lt;p&gt;Proprietary technology has no place in educational institutions.</text></comment>
<story><title>Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy concerns</title><url>https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/denmark-bans-google-email-and-cloud-services-due-to-privacy-concerns/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dx034</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d have to disagree here. Teaching kids how to use Word and Excel will help them for the majority of office jobs out there.</text></item><item><author>wiz21c</author><text>Now let&amp;#x27;s ban MSFT Office365 too. It&amp;#x27;s of zero use to teach whatever to the kids.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rgrieselhuber</author><text>Plenty of open source options that will teach them 90% of what most people will need to know. Taxpayer money should not be going to these corporations.</text></comment>