Apologies if I missed this — and I’m not advocating using Spark (far
from it) — but nowhere in any of Readdle’s (maker of Spark) policies
nor their blog about privacy did I see where they actually store
credentials on their servers. They do say “Spark needs access to
usernames & passwords” but I interpret this to mean the app which is
the same for all IMAP clients most notably the one I am using right now
- Mailmate.
If you have a different interpretation or know where I missed it, please
share… :=)
On 5 Sep 2020, at 8:07, Charlie Garrison wrote:
On 6 Sep 2020, at 0:13, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
If I understand this correctly, Spark's architecture requires them to
have access to your email passwords. To me, that's a complete
non-starter; your email password is the most important one you
have, since it can be used to reset all of your other passwords.
That's an important distinction too. It's the difference between
giving someone the keys to your house (Spark) -vs- letting them peer
through the front door (Edison).
I don't want anyone doing either, but they are still very different
risk profiles. It's not ok with me when companies hide either
behaviour.
-cng
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Charlie Garrison <[email protected]>
Garrison Computer Services <http://www.garrison.com.au>
PO Box 380
Tumbarumba NSW 2653 Australia
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