Yahoo has started to automatically encrypt connections between users and its email service, adding an important security layer that rival Gmail has had for almost four years, but its implementation needs work, according to one security expert.
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After 20 years, say goodbye to Yahoo Messenger
Yahoo Messenger, the messaging app is finally shutting down for good. Oath, the Verizon subsidiary that operates Yahoo, confirmed in a statement. 0 5227
Malware from Yahoo ads did not affect US and Mac and mobile users
Yahoo said that malware spread by advertisements served by its European websites had not affected users in North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America as people in these locations did not receive them.
Internet companies dismayed by French law allowing warrantless access to live user data
The French Senate has passed a law giving government officials warrantless access to live login and user location data from ISPs and websites, angering internet companies and human rights groups.
Yahoo CEO reassures users after mail outage
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said Friday saying she was “very sorry” for the week’s Yahoo Mail outage, which she implied has affected roughly one million users.
Top tech companies challenge governments to reform surveillance laws
Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead.
Botnet ‘Pony’ software steals Facebook, Google, ADP payroll processor logins
Two million logins and passwords from services such as Facebook, Google and Twitter have been found on a Netherlands-based server, part of a large botnet using controller software nicknamed “Pony.”
Bing, Twitter continue their search party
Microsoft bills its Bing search engine as a social one, and to keep it that way it’s renewing a partnership with Twitter to keep tweets appearing in Bing search results, the companies said Friday.
The highs and Loebs
I hate to say I told you so, but I did tell you so… Sort of. A few months back …
US court renews permission to NSA to collect phone metadata
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has renewed permission to the US government for a controversial programme to collect telephone metadata in bulk.
Yahoo says release of secret FISA court order will prove it resisted directives
Yahoo wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order the public release of a secret order in a 2008 surveillance dispute.