How do I safeguard my password?

How do I safeguard my password?

Choosing a strong password is just one part of protecting your Yahoo! account. You should also follow these tips to keep it safe:Your Yahoo! ID and password are confidential information. A Yahoo! employee will …

What is a sign-in seal?

What is a sign-in seal?

A sign-in seal is a secret message or image that you create to help protect your Yahoo! account from…

How can I recognize a phishing email?

How can I recognize a phishing email?

If you receive an email from a web site or company urging you to provide confidential information, s…

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  • Brazil's President Rousseff speaks during the 16th FINEP Innovation Award ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia
    Brazil delays vote on anti-spying Internet … Reuters - 5 hours ago

    A vote on a bill that would force Internet giants like Google and Facebook to keep Brazilians' information inside the country will be delayed until next year over disagreements … More »Brazil delays vote on anti-spying Internet …

    Brazil's President Rousseff speaks during the 16th FINEP Innovation Award ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia

    A vote on a bill that would force Internet giants like Google and Facebook to keep Brazilians' information inside the country will be delayed until next year over disagreements about its content, a senior lawmaker told Reuters on Wednesday. The bill would give President Dilma Rousseff powers to order Internet companies …

  • CEO of German software group SAP Snabe attends a news conference in Frankfurt
    SAP rejects calls for a pan-European … Reuters - Wed, Nov 27, 2013 10:33 AM EST

    Germany's biggest tech company, SAP, has rejected calls by domestic politicians for European IT firms to band together to better compete against U.S. tech groups in the … More »SAP rejects calls for a pan-European …

    CEO of German software group SAP Snabe attends a news conference in Frankfurt

    Germany's biggest tech company, SAP, has rejected calls by domestic politicians for European IT firms to band together to better compete against U.S. tech groups in the wake of spying allegations. Some German politicians have suggested an IT industry equivalent to European jetmaker Airbus following allegations about U.S. …

  • A page from the Skype website is seen in Lausanne
    Microsoft blocks censorship of Skype … Reuters - Wed, Nov 27, 2013 9:30 AM EST

    By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. has made it harder to monitor calls and chats over its Skype phone service in China, a freedom of expression advocacy … More »Microsoft blocks censorship of Skype …

    A page from the Skype website is seen in Lausanne

    By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. has made it harder to monitor calls and chats over its Skype phone service in China, a freedom of expression advocacy group said, as the Chinese government steps up censorship of the Internet. Skype said on Monday it had ended an eight-year joint-venture with Hong Kong-based …

  • Twitter takes step to make it harder … Reuters - Fri, Nov 22, 2013 6:35 PM EST
    An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo reflected in the eye of a woman in Berlin

    Twitter Inc said it has implemented a security technology that makes it harder to spy on its users and called on other Internet firms to do the same, as Web providers look to thwart spying by government intelligence agencies. The online messaging service, which began scrambling communications in 2011 using traditional …

  • Microsoft's new Cybercrime Center combines … Reuters - Thu, Nov 14, 2013 2:36 PM EST
    Vishant Patel, senior manager of investigations at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, works in the unit's Malware Lab at the Microsoft Cybercrime Center in Redmond, Washington

    By Joseph Menn REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - The maker of the most popular computer operating system in the world is launching a new strategy against criminal hackers by bringing together security engineers, digital forensics experts and lawyers trained in fighting software pirates under one roof at its new Cybercrime …

  • Exclusive: Snowden persuaded other NSA … Reuters - Thu, Nov 7, 2013 10:05 PM EST
    File photo of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, being interviewed by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong

    By Mark Hosenball and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden used login credentials and passwords provided unwittingly by colleagues at a spy base in Hawaii to access some of the classified material he leaked to the media, sources said. A handful of agency …

 

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  • Top Security Tips Yahoo! Security Center - Sun, Jan 28, 2007 7:00 PM EST

    Follow these tips for a safe and secure online experience on Yahoo! and around the Internet.Staying safe on Yahoo!Keeping yourself safe onlineKeep your computer secureStaying … More »Top Security Tips

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  • Using Public Networks Yahoo! Security Center - Wed, Nov 3, 2010 8:00 PM EDT

    It’s incredibly convenient to be able to use the Internet when you’re out and about, but there are some precautions you should take any time you use a network that can … More »Using Public Networks

    It’s incredibly convenient to be able to use the Internet when you’re out and about, but there are some precautions you should take any time you use a network that can be used by people you don't know and trust. This includes not only wireless networks, but also public wired networks (like the ones in hotels, for instance). …