Over the years, scammers have become very inventive in their efforts to swindle you out of your money, privacy, security and sanity. They have pretended to be everything from your family, friends, ...

With these free online tools, you can immediately check whether your email address has been leaked on the internet and is associated with stolen data. One of the two tools, haveibeenpwned, has just ...

Whether it’s a substantive danger or just repackaged data that’s nothing new, its presence should yet again raise awareness of the steps everyone should take to keep themselves safe online. And if you ...

Why do companies want my email address? Advertisers, web publishers and app makers all want to gather email addresses partially so that they can contact you with promotional messages, advertisements ...

You probably didn't know it, but Gmail makes tidying your inbox fast and easy with just a few clicks.

Over the past three years, I’ve changed email providers three times without ever changing email addresses. That’s because my address is entirely under my control. Instead of relying on an email that ...

There are plenty of good reasons why you might want to change your email account. You want or need to change email providers, you hate your current email address, or you’ve become inundated with spam.

When you created your personal email address, it may have expressed who you were then but may not reflect who you are now. If you want to leave a different impression that is perhaps more professional ...

An Apple ID is an account you need to access various Apple services. It is sort of a unique identification number for all Apple devices and services. It’s also ...

Republished on December 25 with the implications of responses to a new U.S. government warning and advice on staying safe on Gmail and changing your email address in 2025. Your inbox is under attack.