@[email protected] to Privacy [email protected]English • 9 months agoProton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection servicewww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]technology
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-linkProton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection servicewww.ghacks.net@[email protected] to Privacy [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]technology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish81•9 months agoIt also sends your IMAP credentials to their servers and receives the mail there, it’s not done locally like the older versions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•9 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoJust to do it, IMAP already covers using multiple devices on an email account.
minus-squaregarrettlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoThis is the worst part to me. All this just to “cloud sync” or something silly.
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.