Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agoProton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection servicewww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1270arrow-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 year agomessage-square29linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89·1 year agoIt 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 year agoThe 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 year agoJust to do it, IMAP already covers using multiple devices on an email account.
minus-squareSquare@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago„Better user experience“ they said.
minus-squaregarrett@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThis is the worst part to me. All this just to “cloud sync” or something silly.
minus-squarepetrescatraian@libranet.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@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