Now Enable That 2-Step Verification For Your Yahoo! Mail Too

If you’re using Gmail then I guess that you know Gmail’s 2-step verification. This adds an extra layer of security to your online accounts. Gmail regularly reminds you to enable 2-step verification by asking you to verify your phone number. But not many people know that Yahoo! (and Microsoft too) also offers a similar security feature. So if Yahoo! Mail

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The internet of things – the next big challenge to our privacy

If there’s a depressing slogan for the early era of the commercial internet, it’s this: “Privacy is dead – get over it.” For most of us, the internet is complex and opaque. Some might be vaguely aware that their personal data are getting sucked, their search histories tracked, and their digital journeys scoured. But the current nature of online services

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Scotland gets its own .scot domain as independence vote looms

The independent Scotland referendum has moved to the new .scot domain as Scots get their own domain. More than 45 companies and organisations have already registered new .scot domains, including the Scottish government, NHS Scotland, the Highlands and Islands University and both sides of the referendum campaign -Yes Scotland and Better Together . “It is entirely right that Scotland should

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Nominet’s new rules on .uk domains could mean the end to users’ privacy

Since Tuesday, running a personal website has become a privacy minefield for people using .uk domain names. A recent rule change by Nominet, the company which manages the .uk registry, means that domain name owners whose home addresses were previously kept private may now be publicly visible in online searches. People setting up domain names through Nominet must now also

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