Now, is it too much to hope that AOL might be the next to implement a HTTPS option for its email service?įollow on Twitter for the latest computer security news. Hopefully in time, Yahoo will decide to enable the option by default – as it is with Gmail, Hotmail and. It’s unfortunate that Yahoo has made the HTTPS/SSL setting disabled by default, meaning that users are required to turn it on if they want better privacy. Select “Options/Mail Options” on your main Yahoo Mail screen.Check out new themes, send GIFs, find every photo you’ve ever sent or received, and search your account faster than ever. Login and start exploring all the free, organizational tools for your email. If you are using Yahoo Mail, my advice is to enable this privacy option as soon as possible. Take a trip into an upgraded, more organized inbox with Yahoo Mail. That’s because, without HTTPS, they are sent as unencrypted text. If you don’t have full-session HTTPS turned on for your webmail, anybody on your WiFi network could read any of the emails you write and receive using a tool like FireSheep, as they are transmitted from Yahoo to your browser. Yahoo Mail has lagged behind competitors such as Hotmail (in the process of being rebranded ) and Gmail by not allowing users to access their email through HTTPS. It has taken Yahoo a ridiculously long time, but it is finally rolling out an option that will help protect users’ privacy when accessing their web-based email – HTTPS.
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