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René Winkelmeyer
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René Winkelmeyer writes { rené.winkelmeyer }, a personal blog at blog.winkelmeyer.com about security and career. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Microsofts Outlook app for iOS breaks your company security”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post as a source on the security risks of Microsoft's mobile Outlook and Sunrise apps, such as storing user credentials on servers and proxying mail through the US. The comments cite it without judging it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
My kitchen sink about stuff
Most-linked posts?
- Microsofts Outlook app for iOS breaks your company security4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-01-29
What Hacker News says?
Hopefully without all the security blunders of that: https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outl...
Comment linking /2015/01/warning-microsofts-outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security/
on “Microsoft Acquires Calendar App Sunrise for North of $100M”Submitted Microsofts Outlook app for iOS breaks your company security as a story · 9 points
HN discussionDoes it still store your credentials on their servers and proxy all your mail through the US [1], or has that been fixed? Or is/was this FUD? https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outl...
Comment linking /2015/01/warning-microsofts-outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security/
on “Sunrise is shutting down”Submitted Microsofts Outlook app for iOS breaks your company security as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMy understanding is that Outlook for iOS uses a cloud service that talks to the Exchange server and stores your credentials/data: https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outl... . So logging in involves giving Microsoft (and indirectly Amazon, since it runs on AWS), clear-text access to your information.
Comment linking /2015/01/warning-microsofts-outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security
on “Sunrise is shutting down”