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Brin ([personal profile] brin_bellway) wrote2021-07-23 10:52 am

The S in Excel stands for Security

[cw: what it says on the tin (hypothetical)]


Excel instructor, talking about hiding columns: "we're about to print this, we just don't want to print Social Security Numbers, so right-click column D--"

Me: *Social Security Numbers* in an *Excel sheet*?!?! Couldn't you have come up with a *slightly* less horrifying example for why you might want to hide columns or rows sometimes, that sets slightly less horrifying precedents?

(And before you shake your head at my naivete, I do know for a fact that my current employer is careless with my Social Insurance Number. But I am not resigned.)
wolffyluna: A green unicorn holding her tail in her mouth (Default)

[personal profile] wolffyluna 2021-07-24 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my goodness, no! Don't do that! Aaaaaaaaaaah-- There are so many better examples of reasons to hide columns. Including for printing purposes!
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[personal profile] wolffyluna 2021-07-24 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my goodness, no! Don't do that! Aaaaaaaaaaah-- There are so many better examples of reasons to hide columns. Including for printing purposes!