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Message from discussion Possible security issue with Emacs?

John Hunter

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More options May 15 2001, 4:21 pm

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From: John Hunter <jdhun...@nitace.bsd.uchicago.edu>

Date: 15 May 2001 14:18:11 -0500

Local: Tues, May 15 2001 3:18 pm

Subject: Re: Possible security issue with Emacs?

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>>>>> "Adoh" == Adoh Fadduq <fad...@amnet.net.ae> writes:

Adoh> Considering how cunning the Jews are, I would not be
Adoh> surprised to find that they have hidden special bugs and
Adoh> booby traps inside emacs, in order to spy on and disrupt
Adoh> work of my Allah believing brethren.

This is unlikely, but you may find yourself victim of an even more
sinister and subtle plot. You may find yourself endlessly customizing
.emacs and .gnus, and no longer have any time to pursue your
programming and text formatting work. Please carefully read the
thread 'Spending too much time customizing emacs' above before making
any decision to commit to emacs.

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