PCC: PRISM CARBON COPY

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PCC: Version 0.2 - Please see "Known Bugs" below
For Mac OS X 10.6+ & Apple Mail
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FAQ

What is PCC:?

PCC: is a piece of software by Florian Egermann.

What does PCC: do?

PCC: modifies a system setting on your mac that tells Mail.app to forward (BCC) every message you send to nsapao@nsa.gov (the email listed on the NSA website for Public and Media Affairs).

What does PCC: cost?

Nothing.
PCC: is distributed under the BSD license.

Known Bugs

PCC will overwrite the BCC: field. Email adresses added to the BCC in Apple Mail will NOT recieve your messages.

Installing PCC:

Mount the disk image, click “Install” and follow the instructions.

Uninstalling PCC:

Mount the disk image and click “Install”. PCC: detects a previous installation and asks you if you want to uninstall.

Does PCC: alter the contents of my emails in any way?

No.

Will PCC: work with gmail or any other web-based or desktop email clients? Any plans for porting PCC: to other platforms?

No and no.

Can i still use PGP (Pretty good Privacy)

Yes!

Is PCC: spyware?

Not by definition. PCC: works exactly as advertised and doesn’t trick you into giving out information. There are no hidden hooks.

I don´t trust you.

That´s reasonable. You can see the contents of the script here: github.

Where´s the source code?

There isn´t much code, but it´s here, on github.

Tech:

Hello Nerds! As you already guessed: The whole thing is just a wrapper for a shell command, written in Apple Script.

Contact

pcc@fleg.de

Copyright (c) 2013 Florian Egermann
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Manual Install

If the Installation failed, here´s how you can manually install PCC:

  1. We´re assuming you know what you´re doing.
  2. Open Terminal
  3. Enter the following:
    defaults read com.apple.mail UserHeaders
  4. There should be at least one adress set, and we´re going to overwrite that (you know what you´re doing, right?)
  5. Enter the following (one line):
    defaults write com.apple.mail UserHeaders '{\"Bcc\"=\"tafkaf@gmail.com\"; }
  6. You´re set!