Windows devices aren’t allowed at Google’s HQ due to security reasons

<p>Probably true. I worked for a security company and they ran nearly all Linux, with isolated Windows VMs for testing.</p><p>The problem with Windows, especially Windows 10 is that you cannot turn off a lot fo the telemetry (I think Windows is somewhere in the mid 5 figure events, Office 365, according to Microsoft, collects and sends home between 23,000 and 25,000 events).</p><p>This means that a lot of information you have no control over and no detailed documentation from Microsoft (and who is actually going to read through all 25,000 Office collection events to determine if they are safe anyway?) on what is collected is transmitted out of your network on a regular basis, with no way to turn it off.</p><p>Microsoft have currently agreed to make Microsoft Office GDPR compliant by the end of March – which would mean deactivating all Office telemetry by default and only sending back what the user has actually opted into. </p><p>According to the Germany DPOs, Windows 10 must do the same thing, if it is to be GDPR compliant.</p>