We regularly warn you against using the same password for multiple accounts. But if you memorise one really long and complex password, isn’t that enough? No! Here’s why…
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Gmail introduces filters for non-Latin characters, weeding out more phishing emails
Using non-Latin characters that look very similar to their ASCII counterparts helps scammers, spammers and phishing crooks send emails from legitimate-looking addresses. Now Google’s putting a stop to that with a set of new spam filters. 
Google tips off cops after spotting child abuse images in email
A 41-year-old resident of Houston, Texas has been arrested after Google tipped off police that they had spotted child abuse images in his emails.
Your Gmail account is fair game for cops or feds, says US judge
A New York court on Thursday opened up our entire Gmail accounts to feds or cops with warrants, in spite of two recent decisions that went against similar requests. 
SSCC 154: Fraud, viruses, patches and encryption (in that order!) [PODCAST]
Where does your country sit on the fraud list? Just how much can you trust SMSes on Android? Is Apple serious enough about iOS security? And will Google’s End-To-End email encryption plugin save the world? Find out with Chet and Duck in this week’s Chet Chat podcast…
Google looks to make OpenPGP easier for Gmail users
In early June Google announced a new project designed to create a Chrome plugin to allow end-to-end encryption of web-based emails using OpenPGP. We take a look at its current state and explain how it works.
Google stops data-mining students’ email
The same goes for all Google Apps customers. The rest of us Gmail users are still going to be data-mined up the wazoo, of course. 