Following on from our detailed guide to securing your webmail, here’s a quick breakdown of how to make the most important fixes, for users of Yahoo Mail.
Tag Archives: Privacy
STD dating site PositiveSingles.com faces $16.5 million fine for sharing user profiles
The dating site for people with STDs promised “100%” anonymity but used the anonymous claimant’s profile on affiliated niche dating sites such as AIDSDate, Herpesinmouth, ChristianSafeHaven, MeetBlackPOZ and PositivelyKinky.
How to clear out cookies, Flash cookies and local storage
This quick fix will show you how to clear out cookies and the cookie-like things that can be used to track you online.
Government demands for Facebook user data soar by 24%
Government requests for Facebook’s user data rose by almost a quarter in the first half of 2014 compared with the second half of the previous year, according to the social network.
SSCC 172 – Ransomware’s not dead! [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. News you can use!
College kids still using Snapchat despite ‘The Snappening’, says report
A study found that 75% of undergraduates said they planned to keep on using Snapchat in the same way as before, despite photos being snatched from a non-secure third-party service.
Police can demand fingerprints but not passcodes to unlock phones, rules judge
Fingerprints are what you *are*, passcodes are what you *know*. Therefore the police can demand your fingerprints to unlock a phone without contravening the Fifth Amendment, according to a judge in Virginia, USA. 
“Dear ATM, kindly dispense 30 banknotes as a test” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s 60 Second Security video, for your viewing pleasure. From scammers to spammers in just one minute…
Teacher’s ex accused of hacking email, sending nude pics to students
The ex-lover of a Pasadena teacher has been arrested and bailed, accused of breaking into his school email account and using it to send out “sexually explicit” photos of said teacher to students and fellow staff.
Epidemic of medical data breaches leaking all our most sensitive information
Health data is considered among the most private of information, but continues to leak out in a dazzling range of ways.