A reason not to use browsers for e-mail - e-mail wiretapping

[Ben Clifford]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Nexus wrote:

> But, history showing the prolification and effects of scripted worms and the
> like have had, it would seem that a lot of email and internet users are not.
> Either that, or an awful lot of people are not surprised by an email from
> work
> colleages with a subject line of 'I love you'.   Guess I'm Billy-no-mates
> then ;-)

Unfortunately the forward-mania that seems prevalent means that one is
likely to get e-mails with random headings and with random attachments,
including executables.

Plus harrassed IT admins get shouted at because the system is "broken" if
it fails to allows attachments in.

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