Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 年前Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection servicewww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkProton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection servicewww.ghacks.netBlaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 年前message-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·1 年前It also sends your IMAP credentials to their servers and receives the mail there, it’s not done locally like the older versions.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 年前The twisted reasoning is probably so that the users can access the emails anywhere with their live account (and so that MS can scrape those mails for all sorts of creepy shit)
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 年前Just to do it, IMAP already covers using multiple devices on an email account.
minus-squaregarrett@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前This is the worst part to me. All this just to “cloud sync” or something silly.
minus-squarepetrescatraian@libranet.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前@MangoPenguin yet their free tier for their cloud services is still lacking… @Blaze
It also sends your IMAP credentials to their servers and receives the mail there, it’s not done locally like the older versions.
Fuuuuuck that~
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The twisted reasoning is probably so that the users can access the emails anywhere with their live account (and so that MS can scrape those mails for all sorts of creepy shit)
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Just to do it, IMAP already covers using multiple devices on an email account.
„Better user experience“ they said.
This is the worst part to me. All this just to “cloud sync” or something silly.
@MangoPenguin yet their free tier for their cloud services is still lacking…
@Blaze