Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread @lbutlr
On 02 Aug 2016, at 23:00, Macs R We wrote: > Android took months fumbling to find a fix that worked. And at least 200,000,000 Android devices *IN USE* will never be patched because they cannot be. So those are still vulnerable to Stagefright and will be until they stop

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Macs R We
> On Aug 2, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Arno Hautala wrote: > > Not so much... Malware can indeed be contained in an image. > > http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/22/stagefright-mac-iphone-ipad/ Agreed, in part. Stagefright was real malware that delivered real malicious code, but not to

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Carl Hoefs
There's always the "Load Remote Content" button in the upper right corner of each message should you really want to see everything... -Carl > On Aug 2, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Macs R We

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Arno Hautala
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] wrote: > But does it also load images? I thought that malware, or at least > undesirable things of some sort, could be embedded in images. Is that not > true? > > I guess I am really showing my ignorance here.

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C]
On Aug 2, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Macs R We wrote: > >> On Aug 2, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >> wrote: > >> I just checked my Apple Mail preferences. Under the Viewing tab, I see that >> I have the box checked for "Load remote content

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Macs R We
> On Aug 2, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > wrote: > I just checked my Apple Mail preferences. Under the Viewing tab, I see that > I have the box checked for "Load remote content in message". Is sounds like > I should uncheck that box, right? If I do

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C]
On Aug 2, 2016, at 12:54 PM, @lbutlr wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2016, at 08:17, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > wrote: >> He seemed to say that Apple Mail tries to pre-load emails (or things/links >> in emails), which is similar to the user clicking on a link.

Re: is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread @lbutlr
On Aug 2, 2016, at 08:17, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] wrote: > He seemed to say that Apple Mail tries to pre-load emails (or things/links in > emails), which is similar to the user clicking on a link. This is not true. If you allow images to be loaded, that content will

is Apple Mail unsafe?

2016-08-02 Thread Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C]
Hi, I have always used Apple Mail, both at home and at work. Yesterday I got a message from a sysadmin at work saying that I had clicked on a link in a phishing email. I contacted him to say that I had not clicked on anything in that email. He seemed to say that Apple Mail tries to pre-load