read-only
adjective
computers
: capable of being viewed but not of being changed or deleted
a read-only file/document
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However, after three federal unions filed a lawsuit against the move, a federal judge ordered on Feb. 5 that read-only data be given to two DOGE employees.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Federal workers unions took the matter to court, and a judge on Thursday temporarily limited Musk’s team to read-only access.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 7 Feb. 2025
Even plain read-only access is plenty sensitive, given the nature of the payment system's data, which includes Social Security numbers and tax information.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Reddit users will recall that when moderators were recently viewed by Reddit as breaking Reddit rules at scale (by making subreddits read-only or private in protest of Reddit’s new API access rules and pricing), Reddit responded by removing moderators that refused to re-open protesting subreddits.
—Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
Use a a dedicated crypto tax software to connect all your exchanges and wallets securely (read-only access).
—Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Companies prioritize observability and monitoring tools, favoring either read-only permissions or requiring human approval for actions such as writing or deleting data.
—Rohan Sharma, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Reddit users then protested by turning subreddits private (or read-only) or by only showing NSFW content or jokes and memes.
—Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
Is Wave Safe to Use? Bank data connections with Wave are read-only and use 256-bit encryption.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Federal workers unions took the matter to court, and a judge on Thursday temporarily limited Musk’s team to read-only access.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 7 Feb. 2025
Even plain read-only access is plenty sensitive, given the nature of the payment system's data, which includes Social Security numbers and tax information.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Reddit users will recall that when moderators were recently viewed by Reddit as breaking Reddit rules at scale (by making subreddits read-only or private in protest of Reddit’s new API access rules and pricing), Reddit responded by removing moderators that refused to re-open protesting subreddits.
—Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
Use a a dedicated crypto tax software to connect all your exchanges and wallets securely (read-only access).
—Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Companies prioritize observability and monitoring tools, favoring either read-only permissions or requiring human approval for actions such as writing or deleting data.
—Rohan Sharma, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Reddit users then protested by turning subreddits private (or read-only) or by only showing NSFW content or jokes and memes.
—Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
Is Wave Safe to Use? Bank data connections with Wave are read-only and use 256-bit encryption.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Read-only.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read-only. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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