Re:Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service
by miles on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:21PM
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>> your IMAP and SMTP username and password are transmitted to Microsoft in plain text.
> I think that is not true. I think that is a lie on Proton's behalf.
Sadly, it is all too true:
Microsoft lays hands on login data: Beware of the new Outlook https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-lays-hands-on-login-data...
Warning: New Outlook sends passwords, mails and other data to Microsoft https://mailbox.org/en/post/warning-new-outlook-sends-passwo...
I think that is not true. I think that is a lie on Proton's behalf.
When I set up the email client, it connects via OAUTH2 to the other services. It's connected as an app and not via credentials. If it connected via bare credentials, then it'd be a "legacy app" and you'd need to generate an "app password" for it, but you don't.