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Use AppleScript and Mail for remote control and file access
Authored by: mwncimelyn on May 03, '06 08:18:21AM

It would be a big security issue if I was using the tag [*PERFORM*] - which, BTW, no one should use as it has now been published on the internet.

It would make sense to use a nonsense word and change it frequently. Also, like I said in the post, set up the Mail rule to only perform the actions with emails from a specific email address for added security.



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This is very, very dangerous
Authored by: stewby on May 03, '06 09:08:04PM

As someone else pointed out, spoofing the sender is trivial. Using some random word really doesn't add much security either, since mail traffic goes through a lot of machines you have no control over, and is completely unencrypted.

The entire "security" model here is basically just hoping no-one happens to sniff any of the emails you send yourself and getting curious, which is an incredibly dangerous thing to assume.



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