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Microsoft's web-based Outlook 365 is leaking users' IP addresses in emails

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Anyone using Office 365's webmail component to send emails is unwittingly sharing their IP address with the people they communicate with. The web-based Outlook 365 inserts the sender's IP address into the header of an email, which makes it stand apart from other webmail services such as Gmail -- and even Microsoft's own Outlook.com. While the injected IP address serves something of a purpose, it's also a privacy and security risk that many users many not be aware of. See also: Privacy concerns raised that SmartScreen in Edge shares browsing history with Microsoft German schools ban Microsoft Office 365 because… [Continue Reading]

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