Who is CyberScout, and should you take the free monitoring your breach letter offers? What enrolling does, what it misses, and the free step that beats it.
Who Is CyberScout, and Should You Take the Free Monitoring the Letter Offers? Read More »
A breach notice arrived in the mail. Here is how to check the letter, the number and the deadline in ten minutes, before you hand anyone your details.
Is This Breach Notice Real? Check the Letter Before You Call the Number Read More »
10 steps to keep your email secure, simple and private, for any email account. Print it, do it this week, then help a parent do the same.
Lock Down Your Inbox: A Free 10-Step Email Security Checklist Read More »
Is Unroll.me safe? Its own privacy notice and a 2019 FTC settlement answer it. What free inbox cleaners collect, and what to ask before you connect one.
Is Unroll.me Safe? What Free Inbox Cleaners Do With Your Mail Read More »
Salt your email address before you sign up and every spam message names the site that leaked it. The Gmail and Outlook method, and how to read the result.
How to “Salt” Your Email Address and Find Out Who Leaked It Read More »
Your email address in a data breach starts a sequence: password tries, phishing that quotes the breach, list resale. The timeline and the move that ends it.
Your Email Address Was in a Data Breach. Here Is What Actually Happens Next Read More »
How to stop spam emails, ranked honestly: filters, unsubscribe, block, aliases and opt-in. What each one fixes, what it leaves open, and which is safe.
How to Stop Spam Emails: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why Read More »
The best email cleanup apps compared: Clean Email, Unroll.me, Mailstrom and SaneBox. What each does well, and why the inbox fills back up.
The Best Email Cleanup Apps, and the One Thing None of Them Fix Read More »
ProtonMail vs OptMsg, compared fairly. Proton encrypts what you store. OptMsg decides who reaches your Inbox, with no password to steal. Which is your problem?
ProtonMail vs OptMsg: Encryption Is Not the Same Problem as Spam Read More »
Done being the product? Six Gmail alternatives compared on their own terms: Proton, Tuta, Fastmail, Posteo, Mailfence and OptMsg. Fair on each, one difference.
Gmail Alternatives for People Who Are Done Being the Product Read More »
Your inbox is a to-do list other people write. OptMsg’s patent-pending opt-in model: only people you approve can reach your inbox. Everyone else goes to Trash.
The First Email You Read Tomorrow Was Chosen By Someone. Why Isn’t It You? Read More »
When a company you shopped at gets breached, the leaked password gets tried on your email next. An OptMsg account has no password to try. Here’s the mechanics.
Your Password Was in a Breach Last Month. Your Inbox Shouldn’t Care. Read More »
