I have no idea who may receive or read his email messages. For a long time in the early 90s, he set no password on his accounts at MIT. Anyone could, and did,

I have no idea who may receive or read his email messages. For a long time in the early 90s, he set no password on his accounts at MIT. Anyone could, and did, log in to rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu and it was basically a "public access system". Richard Stallman fundamentally rejects information security principles and practices. He absolutely hates it when systems are secure and impregnable. Richard Stallman is an extremist zealot; he's extraordinarily idealistic, but his ideals themselves are unrealistic for real-world operations. Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42256409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42256409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23421738 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23421738 The GNU Project indeed itemizes a few "known security risks" in their own FAQ: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Security-risks-with-Emacs.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Sec...