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Hotmail: Not Safe For Work?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-shocker-there dept.

silentknight writes "According to MSNBC, web-based e-mail providers such as Yahoo and Hotmail may not be a haven for your private e-mail anymore. At least not while you're at work. SpectorSoft is introducing eBlaster, which aims to "secretly forward all e-mail coming and going through such Web-based accounts to a spy's e-mail". Corporations will most likely argue that, because of sites like Internal Memos, companies need to keep a tighter grip on the information that flows in and out of their companies. But attempting to spying on private e-mail?? In the words of Homer J. Simpson: "Butt out, Buttinsky"."

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  1. They're welcome... by Zathrus · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... to read each and every one of the 300+ spam emails I get daily to my Hotmail account.

  2. Re:Heh by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not worried that they're keeping logs.

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.