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OpenPGP, the standard defining how to encrypt and sign messages using PGP, the most widely used email encryption format, received a major upgrade, introducing various security improvements and more modern cryptographic algorithms. PGP has been used
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If you’re switching from an iPhone to an Android phone, you’ll want to transfer all your data to your new device. Google, Samsung, and other Android-based smartphone companies try to make it easy for you to switch.  Android offers two main ways to t
What is the CAN-SPAM Act?
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Understand the law to help you beat spam emails and comply if you run a business. The CAN-SPAM Act is the US federal law on commercial emails. For consumers, it allows you to opt out of receiving marketing messages and helps you control annoying and
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With the proliferation of the internet came the menace of bots. CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) were introduced as a countermeasure to differentiate between genuine human users and automated scrip
How to stop spam emails
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Learn how to beat annoying and potentially harmful junk mail. Spam emails, also known as junk mail, can be more than just irritating clutter in your inbox. Cybercriminals can use these unsolicited and unwanted messages to launch phishing attacks and
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Excel spreadsheets often contain information you want to keep safe, from personal data to financial information. For businesses, you may be legally required to protect Excel files with a password if you fall under GDPR or HIPAA jurisdiction, for exam
What is email security?
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Learn about email security and simple ways to secure your mailbox against cyberthreats. From intimate letters to purchase receipts, financial information to doctor’s notes, our mailboxes are a trove of personal information. You don’t want to share a
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With over 4 billion active users and around 350 million messages sent daily, email is the most successful communications tool ever invented. Yet, it has probably been 15 or 20 years since email has primarily been about communications. Today, email i
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When you need to store digital files, you have two basic options: cloud storage and physical storage. Cloud storage lets you save files over the internet on servers operated by a cloud storage provider. These companies typically make backup copies o
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Google, along with several other Big Tech companies, are now trying to claim they are concerned about the state of privacy on the internet. Google’s CEO even wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times saying, “privacy must be equally available to
What is data privacy?
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Data privacy means keeping your personal data to yourself and controlling who you share it with. From social media to search, shopping, and streaming, we all share vast amounts of personal data daily in the digital economy. As AI becomes integrated