Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware)

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject	Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware)
Date	7 Aug 2018 03:35:15 GMT
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On 2018-08-07, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2018-08-06 18:27, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>> Nope. Take a look at System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy.
>
> Thanks.  Wioth Firefox having become unreliable at rendering certain web
> sitres for me, I have increased my reliance on Safari but know little of
> it.  Those settings tell me that no malware within Safari process should
> have access to my contacts.
>
>> Form mail phishing schemes have to make assumptions like that to scare
>> people into doing their bidding. Social engineering like that obviously
>> works on a lot of people.
>
> Yep, I realize this. But since this one had a passwords which I have
> used, I took it a but more seriously and wanted to find out if any of
> their claims were possible. I knew the web cam wasn't because mine isn't
> normally connected.

I highly recommend going to https://haveibeenpwned.com and then search
your keychain for any accounts using that account and change their
passwords ASAP.

-- 
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

Thread

Question about Safari security (spam/malware) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-08-06 15:43 -0400
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-06 12:47 -0700
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-06 15:53 -0400
    Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-08-06 17:20 -0400
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2018-08-06 14:12 -0700
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-08-06 17:23 -0400
    Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-08-06 18:26 -0400
    Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-08-06 21:07 -0400
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-06 22:27 +0000
    Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-08-06 23:00 -0400
      Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-07 03:35 +0000
        Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-08-07 10:56 -0400
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-08-06 23:18 +0000
  Re: Question about Safari security (spam/malware) Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-08-06 21:06 -0400

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