bbbhltz@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoWarning: New Outlook sends passwords, mails and other data to Microsoft | mailbox.orgmailbox.orgexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down10
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minus-squarenem@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·2 years agoSo reading another article (https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-lays-hands-on-login-data-Beware-of-the-new-Outlook-9358925.html )makes it more clear. If you consent to syncing IMAP account to outlook then it will transfer IMAP username password and mailserver config to Outlook. I mean, they could have specified that your IMAP credentials would be synced, but it’s redundant considering you’re telling it to sync.
So reading another article (https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-lays-hands-on-login-data-Beware-of-the-new-Outlook-9358925.html )makes it more clear. If you consent to syncing IMAP account to outlook then it will transfer IMAP username password and mailserver config to Outlook.
I mean, they could have specified that your IMAP credentials would be synced, but it’s redundant considering you’re telling it to sync.