Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
- Subject: Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
- From: cricket <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:02:49 -0700
On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 08:32 PM, John C. Welch wrote:
We're rightfully concerned that someone could send out an Applescript
application via email that, when run, will silently (no UI) send out
personal data without the user's knowledge that this is taking place.
How could it use Mail without Mail *starting*..."Hmm...I ran this app,
and
Mail started...that's not right". Also, since there *is* a full copy of
Sendmail with Mac OS X, you don't *need* Mail to do that, you can use
Sendmail which *will* run without the user *ever* knowing it.
tell application "Mail"
launch
end tell
:)
And as I said before, sendmail is not configured by default, so your
statement is incorrect. Only if you configure sendmail could the
scenario you describe ever happen.
Clearly there's a better way to pull this off without interfering with
automation, but there is a reason for it to be there in the first
place.
If it did any good, sure. But it's a false security measure that does
no
good at all.
It educates people. Which apparently isn't working, at least for you. :)
- cricket
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