Blocking Outlook App for iOS & Android

I just wanted to share this great article from EighTwOne on how to block the new Oulook app for iOS & Android. I don’t usually share other people’s posts but I thought this was particularly useful as there is quite a storm brewing in the proverbial teacup over this app. If you have concerns about the privacy and security of this app, use the commands listed in the linked article to create a device block or quarantine policy for the app.

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imageYesterday, Microsoft announced the immediate availability the Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android preview. These apps are the former app named Acompli, which was acquired by Microsoft in December, last year. It is unlikely that Microsoft will develop and support two similar apps, so one can assume the new Outlook app will replace the current OWA for iOS and OWA for Android (or just OWA for Devices) apps.

The app isn’t without a little controversy:

  • The app stores credentials in a cloud environment from Amazon Web Services for e-mail accounts that don’t support OAuth authorization.
  • The app makes use of a service sitting between the app and your mailbox. This service acts as a sort of proxy (hence it requires those credentials), fetching, (pre)processing and sending e-mail. In some way this is smart, as it makes the app less dependent on back-end peculiarities, using a uniform protocol to communicate…

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