It now asks about macros every time I open something, and I always disable them. Is there any way now to globally disable macros: don't ask, don't enable, not even on internal parts of Office, or stuff I'm composing, ever again? Or at least not until a full OS reinstall?
Nextel seemed to use this as a way of updating an address list from a web interface. The guy at my company responsible for updating the corporate list of company phones would push the list out when important changes happened. At least I *was* asked whether to accept it - but it wasn't very verbose about who it came from before I had to decide, and the guy sending them out didn't announce it ahead of time. I do not know whether it was possible to send such a message from outside Nextel to one of their phones. I suspect it was, if you knew how.
Agreed. I will note, however, that Outlook allows sending email that can put stuff in other people's calendar when it is opened, and there is no warning that it is such an entry before you open it. I expect soon I will have hourly reminders to "order Natural Male Enhancement" ... Security seems to go out the window in favor of user convenience. I'm surprised there aren't complex passwords, and you are given three multiple-choices for the password, and the correct one is always the middle one.
One of the 1400-mile holes in the 2100-mile border is the ability to double-click on something from an external source and execute it. I consider that a fundamental mistake for a web browser or email client. Another fundamental mistake is not being able to tell what it is beforehand.