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Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] requiem 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean it even harvests typing data and Outlook also includes calendars etc… It’s really bad.

But yes, I just suggested a re-evaluation of the use of Microsoft Outlook to my company …

[–] essteeyou 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What would you get them to use instead? I use Proton personally, but I doubt many companies are using it at scale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Use geary as a client with a private company selfhosted mailserver.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

A company would use a Microsoft 365 plan that includes Outlook for Office 365, not a Windows Mail app. An the MS365 agreement would come with protections of company data from sharing with advertisers.

In other words, I wouldn't worry if my company used Outlook. But never log in to your private mailbox from a corporate device.