Re: Mail insecurity

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Mail insecurity
Date	2015-01-11 14:27 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<chffirF72aeU6@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<54b034cb$0$56564$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> <chepgfF16aiU1@mid.individual.net> <m8tcsj$uj1$1@news.datemas.de> <chesuiF26fdU2@mid.individual.net>

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On 2015-01-11, android <here@there.was> wrote:
> In article <m8tcsj$uj1$1@news.datemas.de>,
>  Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-01-11 08:10:54 +0000, android said:
>> 
>> > In article <chavn3F2b8iU3@mid.individual.net>,
>> >  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> On 2015-01-09, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> <http://www.itworld.com/article/2867215/glitch-in-os-x-search-can-expose-
>> >>> private-details-of-apple-mail-users.html>
>> >>> 
>> >>> All one line, dat.
>> >> 
>> >> "Insecurity"? Hardly. Emails sent to you with tracking images are
>> >> displayed with the images. Trackers get to know you read an email they
>> >> sent you. The world won't stop spinning, and the security of your
>> >> computer is not compromised. Much ado about essentially nothing. In the
>> >> mean time, Apple will naturally fix it to honor your settings in the
>> >> Mail application.
>> > 
>> > Until then your mail app sends out receipts on all the mails you've kept
>> > inside the Mail database... Cute! :-p
>> 
>> What is that other than idle speculation?
>
> You didn't read the article, did you?

You didn't comprehend the article.

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Mail insecurity Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-09 15:06 -0500
  Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-09 12:19 -0800
    Re: Mail insecurity Jerry Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> - 2015-01-12 11:07 -0500
      Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 16:15 +0000
      Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-12 12:06 -0800
  Re: Mail insecurity Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-09 15:55 -0500
    Re: Mail insecurity Wilbur Eleven <wil@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us> - 2015-01-10 08:33 -0500
      Re: Mail insecurity Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-10 06:30 -0800
      Re: Mail insecurity Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-11 09:48 -0500
  Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-09 21:32 +0000
    Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 09:10 +0100
      Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-11 00:39 -0800
        Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 10:09 +0100
          Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-11 01:14 -0800
            Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 10:41 +0100
              Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:28 +0000
              Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-11 11:48 -0800
                Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 20:56 +0100
                Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-11 12:04 -0800
                Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 20:09 +0000
                Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 21:24 +0100
                Re: Mail insecurity Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-11 12:28 -0800
                Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 21:49 +0000
                Re: Mail insecurity Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-11 23:16 +0000
          Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:27 +0000
        Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:27 +0000
      Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:26 +0000
        Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 15:42 +0100
          Re: Mail insecurity Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:58 +0000
            Re: Mail insecurity android <here@there.was> - 2015-01-11 16:16 +0100
            Re: Mail insecurity Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 19:01 -0500
  Re: Mail insecurity Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-01-11 13:19 -0500

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