Microsoft lays hands on login data: Beware of the new Outlook

https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-lays-hands-on-login-data-Beware-of-the-new-Outlook-9358925.html

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Strepto@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Isn't this always how IMAP credential POST has functioned? Plaintext through TLS?

Failx@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

The problem does not seem to be you logging into your Microsoft mail account, but logging into other mail servers:

"non-Microsoft accounts are synchronized with the Microsoft cloud"

i.e. by using outlook, you give your login data for your work/school/private mail accounts to a third party (Microsoft) which then pulls all your mail and calendars as a copy to their systems

Or: Your mail client is now a cloud app and most likely will at some point come with either a subscription or you handing over all your emails to Microsoft for advertising purposes