OS X Spotlight Search glitch can expose private details of Apple Mail users

Macworld
Jan 9, 2015, 8:48 am515 pts
A glitch in the search software in Apple’s OS X Yosemite can expose private details of Apple Mail users, revealing their IP address as well as other system details to spammers, phishers and online tracking companies. The potential privacy risk appears when people use the Spotlight Search feature, which also…

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