https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service
With Microsoft’s rollout of the new Outlook for Windows(new window), it appears the company has transformed its email app into a surveillance(new window) tool for targeted advertising.
Everyone talks about the privacy-washing(new window) campaigns of Google and Apple as they mine your online data to generate advertising revenue. But now it looks like Outlook is no longer simply an email service(new window); it’s a data collection mechanism for Microsoft’s 772 external partners and an ad delivery system for Microsoft itself.
Here’s how and why.
Microsoft shares your data with 772 third parties :
informs users that Microsoft and those 772 third parties use their data for a number of purposes, including to:
Store and/or access information on the user’s device
Develop and improve products
Personalize ads and content
Measure ads and content
Derive audience insights
Obtain precise geolocation data
Identify users through device scanning..New Outlook steals your email password
When you sync third-party email accounts from services like Yahoo or Gmail(new window) with the new Outlook, you risk granting Microsoft access(new window) to the IMAP(new window) and SMTP(new window) credentials, emails, contacts, and events associated with those accounts, according to the German IT blog Heise Online(new window)…
