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[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean it is quite locked down and something cheap enough for the nonce.

[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty funny in the US context tho, I'd imagine it wouldn't be too hard for them to get google to "help"

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

The purpose isn't to keep them out of your devices. The purpose is to have none of your critical data on it when they inevitably search/copy the data.

A Chromebook is really easy to wipe/reset and switch between accounts. Plus they're relatively cheap.