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EU Parliament Blocks Outlook Apps For Members Over Privacy Concerns
jfruh writes Microsoft last week released Outlook apps for iOS and Android, but one group that won't be getting to use them is members of the European Parliament. They've been advised by their tech staff that the apps are insecure and that they shouldn't download them — and if they have, they should change their Outlook passwords.
I'm given to understand they had some high ideals.
That's mostly propaganda, and a misunderstanding of the nature of the founding fathers. A small handful of them clearly had high ideals. But how can you take people seriously when they declare that all men are created equal and declare that they are starting a democracy, then fail to give the vote to over half the population? The truth is that they were creating a government in which they themselves (and their ilk) would hold the reins of power, and to this day the nation (like the world) is controlled by those who are both wealthy and racially privileged. It's a government by, of, and for money.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Read TFA. Microsoft is doing what EVERY SINGLE SECURITY PROFESSIONAL TELLS YOU NOT TO DO! Caching passwords on a remote server. I don't care how many times you claim to encrypt the password, and I don't care what encryption algorithm they claim to use. You never, ever under any circumstances cache a users password. This is simply inexcusable and Microsoft deserves every bit of heat they get for this.
If I was told that a client sent an auth string and received a Kerberos ticket that got cached, I would not have the same opinion or harsh criticisms. This is plain old idiocy and laziness!
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.