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Virtru, an easy-to-use email encryption tool, debut Android app

Virtru, an easy-to-use email encryption tool, just landed on Android.

On Jun 5, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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ProtonMail is an email encryption program your grandmother could use

Finally, an NSA-proof email system that passes Snowden’s ‟Greenwald test.”

On May 22, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

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Just Mail aims to bring encrypted email into the mainstream

Just Mail aims to bring encrypted email into the mainstream, and it's launched a $350,000 Kickstarter campaign to prove it.

On Apr 24, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Google is testing new encryption services for Gmail

"End-to-end encryption is the best defense for message protection, though it comes at a considerable cost in functionality.”

On Apr 22, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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Google’s updated terms make clear that it scans your emails

Amid an ongoing legal case, Google makes its controversial email scanning practice explicit to users.

On Apr 15, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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iOS 7 plus a Google policy change means a lot more of your activity is being traced

Very sneaky. 

On Apr 4, 2014 by Micah Singleton

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Gmail is testing new features that could relieve your inbox anxiety

Can I get an amen for an email snooze button?

On Apr 3, 2014 by Micah Singleton

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Google jumps the gun and launches April Fool’s ‘shelfie’ feature

By the way, that’s not even a shelfie.

On Mar 31, 2014 by Molly McHugh

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What was your first Gchat?

Today, we remember our first time. 

On Mar 17, 2014 by Molly McHugh

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Why we must ban the Gchat ‘Invisible’ setting

A call-to-arms against the passive-agressive power play that is the Gchat invisible setting. 

On Mar 17, 2014 by Brendan O'Connor

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Now you can get a customized book of your Facebook chats

Now you can see your cyber sessions with your long-distance college boyfriend in book form. 

On Mar 14, 2014 by EJ Dickson

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‘Unsubscribe’ button is Gmail’s best new feature in ages

Sayonara, stupid ads.

On Feb 28, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Hackers’ favorite publishing platform had a huge year in 2013

More than 300,000 pieces of private info were posted to Pastebin in 2013.

On Feb 19, 2014 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Duo arrested after allegedly stealing 6,000 email passwords for jealous spouses

Needapassword.com offered to sell Gmail passwords to suspicious spouses who wanted to catch their partners cheating.

On Jan 28, 2014 by EJ Dickson

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Think today’s Gmail outage sucked? At least you’re not David Peck

This is the one guy with a legit complaint about the great (but shortlived) Gmail outage. 

On Jan 24, 2014 by EJ Dickson