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Similar: Yahoo used to (2002) replace any instance of the character sequence 'eval' (and other 'bad' strings) in their emails, in an attempt to prevent Javascri
by jimsmart 6y ago
Similar: Yahoo used to (2002) replace any instance of the character sequence 'eval' (and other 'bad' strings) in their emails, in an attempt to prevent Javascript exploits. Needless to say it created a small amount of havoc!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2138014.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2138014.stm
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/medireview https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/medireview
- distances 6y agoI hadn't heard of this and I'm now flabbergasted. Is it even legal for a service provider to secretly change email contents? It's absolutely outlandish to imagine how someone first thought this could be a good idea, and then found someone capable of executing the plan and apparently agree.