- security # 1304

- RE: Web insecurity

Date: 27 Dec 2008 12:05:30 +0000
From: Vlad A <address truncated>
Subject: security # 1304

Alan said:
> But surprise to these 'in-the-know' folk was that their pet, Firefox is > actually worse than IE.

> I saw it again on clicking on Vlad's posting after yours.

My link was:

> http://solutions.internet.com/3851_holidaySmartphones-ssomail
for another comment on pda-s and minicomputers.

Don't understand what you mean...

best,

vlad a

Date: 27 Dec 2008 14:36:19 +0000
From: Alan R Morris <address truncated>
Subject: RE: Web insecurity

From: Chris Cooper

> Alan, what's the insecurity posed by using MS Word, and how does using Psion Word avoid it? (How would you email a
> text composed in Psion Word to a non-Psion user?)
>
> (And Merry Christmas, everyone!)
>
>
> Alan Morris wrote:
> > I don't even use M$ Word to write letters, it's all done on my Psions.  I jumped from DOS direct to EPOC.  Although I
> had full copies of all the early Windows OS and Office programs, as a PC dealer, I never used any of them for my own use.

The only area for security concern that I'm aware of is that M$ Word documents retain deleted text and also store details of the user of the computer used to type the original document.

Retaining deleted text and sending to someone could be embarrassing!

I've also received an M$ Word document that the sender claimed was all his own work, but the originator name was available for all to see!

But nasty programs can read Word documents and extract private details, just as on any other M$ data file.  MY EPOC Word password protected documents are safe, even on an infected Windows computer!

However, as my DOS word processor was vastly superior to M$ Word, I never used it.  Now retired, I find the features of EPOC Word adequate. If I ever need more complex word-processing I can still use my old DOS word processor - Wordcraft.

To answer your question: I would convert it with PsiWin or send a plain text file.

Alan