Joseph McAllister wrote: >On Dec 25, 2009, at 04:47 , Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Cotty wrote: >> >>> On 24/12/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>>> HTML is always a potential privacy threat due to web bugs >>>> (individualized tracking images - usually invisible). Add >>>> JavaScript and >>>> there's potential for other nastiness ranging from concealing the >>>> true >>>> destination of links to much nastier stuff. >>> >>> You were right Paul, it's a PC thing ;-) >> >> Just in case anyone takes Cotty seriously, all the things I mentioned >> above apply to all operating systems. >> >> Than again, maybe he meant "PC" as in "Politically Correct" :) > > >No, it's something that Windows users spend time thinking about, and >OS-X people do not. > >Have not had anything in any message hurt my computers ever. > >Back in the days of the floppy disk, I was able to get a few uninvited >worms and like nasties, 15 years ago. > >My Macs have never worn any rubbers.
Again: The privacy-invasion and tracking tricks used in HTML/Javascript email work on ALL operating systems. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
