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Re: Calendar spam!

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Calendar spam!
Date 2016-11-27 00:48 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <e9uor8Fab8nU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2016-11-26, Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
>
> And Apple doesn't have to facilitate the the spamers by default.  That's 
> the problem here.

Yes, the problem is one of trust. Apple designed this feature naively,
and people are using it for nefarious purposes. Due to the fact that
invites are recognized within e-mail messages, people who are untrusted
(strangers) are being allowed to send invitations to you, which your
computer then automatically adds to your calendar.

> Simple solution: the default setting should be that you can only send
> me calendar events and have them entered *if I invite you.*

If it were me, I would only allow invites to be added if the sender is
in your contacts. I'd provide a preferences setting to allow users to
optionally allow even invites from strangers to be added to their
calendars. And I'd even consider adding an option to "ask" (display a
dialog) each time to let the user decide on a case-by-case basis:

Automatically add invited events to my calendar:
* Only from my contacts 
* From anyone
* After asking me

And I would let the user ignore any event /without/ notifying the host
at *any* time.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-25 16:52 -0600
  Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 15:12 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-25 18:21 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 15:46 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 18:55 -0500
  Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 18:29 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 15:47 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 16:05 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:09 -0500
        Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 16:13 -0800
          Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:15 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-26 00:57 +0000
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 17:25 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 20:31 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-11-25 17:36 -0800
  Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 15:59 -0800
  Re: Calendar spam! Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-25 19:20 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 16:25 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-25 19:34 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:28 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-25 16:29 -0800
        Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-25 19:31 -0500
  Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-26 00:53 +0000
    Re: Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-26 14:01 -0600
      Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-26 15:14 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-26 20:14 +0000
      Re: Calendar spam! Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-26 15:24 -0500
      Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-27 00:48 +0000
        Re: Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-28 22:52 -0600
  Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-26 16:52 +0000
    Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-26 17:01 +0000
      Re: Calendar spam! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-11-28 09:17 +1300
        Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-28 02:48 +0000
          Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-28 04:00 +0000
          SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2016-11-28 17:15 -0600
            Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-29 14:21 +0000
              Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 12:51 -0500
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-29 21:47 +0000
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 18:12 -0500
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-30 17:02 +0000
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 13:27 -0500
                Re: SSH to another port (was Re: Calendar spam!) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-12-01 14:40 +0000
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-26 12:06 -0500
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-26 16:45 -0800
      Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-27 16:27 +0000
        Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-27 16:53 +0000
        Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-27 13:00 -0800
          Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-28 02:32 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-27 21:41 -0500
            Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-28 03:39 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-28 06:29 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-28 02:00 -0800
              Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-28 19:02 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-28 12:36 -0800
                Re: Calendar spam! Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-11-29 14:44 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-29 08:50 -0800
                Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-29 18:26 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-29 18:23 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-28 20:37 +0000
                Re: Calendar spam! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-29 01:38 +0000
            Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-28 13:01 -0800
            Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-28 16:54 -0500
              Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-29 17:20 -0500
                Re: Calendar spam! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-29 14:22 -0800
  Re: Calendar spam! MeV <michael.vilain@gmail.com> - 2016-11-26 11:32 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-26 14:41 -0500
  Re: Calendar spam! Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-11-26 19:59 -0800
    Re: Calendar spam! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2016-11-28 22:53 -0600

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