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Discussion on: Some US prisons are banning books on coding

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This is an extremely cruel situation. Everyone has the right to learn anything they want.
"Oregon prisons have banned dozens of books about technology and programming, like 'Microsoft Excel 2016 for Dummies,' citing security reasons. The state isn't alone."
If your staff is so dumb to open spreadsheet that may contain macros, you already failed at the so called "security".