Tag: email
Facebook says it ‘unintentionally uploaded’ 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consent
Business Insider reported that Facebook says it ‘unintentionally uploaded’ 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consent. Facebook harvested the email contacts of 1.5 million users without their knowledge or consent when they opened their accounts. Since May 2016, the social-networking company has collected the contact lists of 1.5 million users new to the social…
Mailbox app now supports iCloud and Yahoo Mail
The good news is that the popular email app Mailbox now supports iCloud and Yahoo Mail, so the app isn’t restricted to Gmail users any longer. There isn’t any indication that support for traditional IMAP email clients is arriving anytime soon, though. Mailbox: now for iCloud and Yahoo Mail Today we’re thrilled to announce we’ve…
Only 25% of Yahoo staff are willing to dogfood Yahoo Mail
When you’re a technology company, using your own product (a.k.a. eating your own dogfood) is more or less essential. Perhaps it’s because Yahoo is still transitioning to the Marissa Mayer era, but if Yahoo Mail is going to be a competitive product again, the Yahoo employees had better start picking it up. Clinging to Outlook,…
Lavabit not as secure as previously thought
A lot has been made recently over the NSA’s actions, but regardless of which side of the fence you’re on, having the option for secure, encrypted emails is always important. It’s possible that Lavabit wasn’t as secure as it was marketed to be, but that doesn’t mean that we should ignore the importance of encryption,…