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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/26/18hksgt4symzfjpg.jpg?quality=75640360Mailbox, the tidy iOS email app recently purchased by Dropbox, has a pretty wide-open hole that could allow bad actors to hijack your device. And unlike phishing attempts that should probably set off your sketchiness detector, this flaw involves emails that look completely innocuous.