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Microsoft lays hands on login data: Beware of the new Outlook


The free new Outlook replaces Mail in Windows, and later also the classic Outlook. It sends secret credentials to Microsoft servers.

But beware: if you try out the new Outlook, you risk transferring your IMAP and SMTP credentials of mail accounts and all your emails to Microsoft servers. In a recent tech community article, Microsoft employee Caitlin Hart also explains that it will also replace the classic Outlook. After Office updates were applied on Mac computers, Outlook redirected the data to Microsoft's cloud servers without any user notification.

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