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December 20, 2015

NSA reportedly collecting millions of personal online contact lists worldwide

The NSA is collecting hundreds of millions of contact lists from e-mail and instant messaging address books from personal accounts worldwide, including those of many Americans, the Washington Post reported Monday.

December 20, 2015

Email service linked to NSA leaker Edward Snowden shuts down

A Texas-based email service reportedly used by National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said it was shutting down Thursday, explaining in a cryptic message that it would rather go out of business than "become complicit in crimes against the American people."

December 20, 2015

'Suspicious': Experts, GOP lawmakers question Lerner's lost email explanation

Computer experts and Republican lawmakers are poking holes in IRS claims that the agency did all it could to retrieve embattled ex-official Lois Lerner's allegedly "lost" emails, which the agency blames on a 2011 hard-drive crash.

December 7, 2015

The US Postal Service can now email you photos of your mail

The US Postal Service has started emailing people about their mail.

November 5, 2015

The FBI issues warnings about an email scam that's stolen more than $1.2 billion

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) put out a pair of warnings in recent weeks regarding a fraud scheme that involves email, wire transfers, checks, and international business.

November 5, 2015

Google uses ‘unique digital fingerprinting’ to detect child porn in Gmail accounts

A cyber-tip created by Google and reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children put a convicted sex offender back in police custody – after the Internet giant used highly-sophisticated technology to detect alleged images of child porn stored on the Houston man’s Gmail account.

November 5, 2015

Divorcing? 5 things to do online now

Since our offline and online lives are so intertwined, here are five things you need to do fast when a divorce is on the horizon.

November 5, 2015

Texting makes you walk like you're drunk

If you're texting while you’re walking, you might as well be drunk. At the very least, texting while traipsing down the street makes you walk funny, according to a new study.

November 5, 2015

Even Yahoo employees don’t use Yahoo Mail

Only 25 percent of Yahoo’s own employees use the company’s email offering-- even after company executives exhorted them all to switch off of Microsoft’s Outlook, according to a leaked memo.

November 5, 2015

Thanks to decades-old law, your email is far from private

Your e-mail is nearly as public as the words you are now reading. As it currently stands, government authorities can download and examine all your e-mail, store it, search it, and never inform you—with virtually no oversight or fear of violating any laws.