Wednesday, April 12, 2017 12:58:10 PM
StartPage trying to shade DuckDuckGo saying they use Yahoo
(They seem to be pitching a pay service making me wonder just how compromised the free version I was using is?)
"How the Yahoo hack impacts you, even if you don’t have a Yahoo account (and how to get safe again)
Like millions of other people, you likely just recently found out that 1 BILLION (that’s BILLION with a “B”) Yahoo accounts were breached in 2013. Stolen user data reportedly includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and passwords.
There are some things you need to do immediately to protect your privacy if you have a Yahoo account:
1.Change your Yahoo password AND passwords for other accounts that have that same password. (Many people re-use passwords, which puts multiple accounts at risk in a breach like this.)
2.Change your security questions and answers for all accounts.
3.Delete your Yahoo account. Run. Don’t walk away.
4.Get a secure email account that lets you encrypt sensitive messages, like StartMail.
There’s more you need to know
Without even having knowledge of the latest 1 Billion account hack, the largest breach in history, StartPage.com private search canceled its Yahoo contract because we lost confidence in the company, and we believe other companies that partner with Yahoo like DuckDuckGo should consider canceling their contracts, as well.
Yahoo reportedly allowed a US government agency to install a spy tool onto its system so agents could secretly read incoming email.
This is shocking for several reasons:
?The US government could read every incoming email of Yahoo AND non-Yahoo customers, regardless of whether or not they were suspected of wrongdoing.
?The spy tool was actually more like a rootkit that could allow not just the government, but a hacker, unfettered access to user accounts.
?The revelation follows news of a 2014 Yahoo breach, now the second largest in history, because Yahoo just broke its own record. The hacker in the 2014 breach also stole email addresses, birthdates, security questions, and even passwords, putting over 500 million customers at risk for identity theft.
The Yahoo hacks and scandals are just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s why:
Every US-based organization has to comply with government surveillance requests in accordance with the Patriot Act—and they can’t breathe a word about it legally without winning a court challenge. If your email is provided by Gmail, Outlook or another US-based email service, it’s very possible a US government agency was reading your email in 2015 at the same time it was reading Yahoo email. The US government could also be reading your email messages right now, but you might never know.
For email privacy, look to European companies that charge a fair-market price, like StartMail
StartMail is based in the Netherlands, outside of US jurisdiction, where it is not subject to US mass surveillance mandates. What’s more, the Netherlands protects privacy by law.
We charge a fair market price for our services so we work directly for our customers, not advertisers, corporate donors, or government agencies bearing grants. Because we charge this fair price, you can also count on us to be around for the long haul, when you need us.
Try StartMail free for 3 months with a special introductory discount
We offer terrific private email with easy-to-use features, like one-click PGP encryption so only the people you write to can read your email. But don’t take our word for it. Check us out for yourself.
You’re going to love how StartMail keeps the US government and snoopy advertisers out of your inbox. To sweeten the deal, for a limited time we will give you 25% off a one-year StartMail subscription—that’s the first 3 months free. This makes your monthly cost for email privacy and peace of mind less than $4 per month. You can’t even buy a fancy coffee drink for that.
In addition, we’ll throw in 2 free one-year companion accounts you can give away to friends or family so they can get email privacy, too. (Companion accounts make great gifts and help spread the privacy message.)
To get your 25% discount and free companion accounts use the coupon code START at checkout. Click here now to get your StartMail account.
Thank you for taking a stand for privacy by using StartMail.com!"
(They seem to be pitching a pay service making me wonder just how compromised the free version I was using is?)
"How the Yahoo hack impacts you, even if you don’t have a Yahoo account (and how to get safe again)
Like millions of other people, you likely just recently found out that 1 BILLION (that’s BILLION with a “B”) Yahoo accounts were breached in 2013. Stolen user data reportedly includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and passwords.
There are some things you need to do immediately to protect your privacy if you have a Yahoo account:
1.Change your Yahoo password AND passwords for other accounts that have that same password. (Many people re-use passwords, which puts multiple accounts at risk in a breach like this.)
2.Change your security questions and answers for all accounts.
3.Delete your Yahoo account. Run. Don’t walk away.
4.Get a secure email account that lets you encrypt sensitive messages, like StartMail.
There’s more you need to know
Without even having knowledge of the latest 1 Billion account hack, the largest breach in history, StartPage.com private search canceled its Yahoo contract because we lost confidence in the company, and we believe other companies that partner with Yahoo like DuckDuckGo should consider canceling their contracts, as well.
Yahoo reportedly allowed a US government agency to install a spy tool onto its system so agents could secretly read incoming email.
This is shocking for several reasons:
?The US government could read every incoming email of Yahoo AND non-Yahoo customers, regardless of whether or not they were suspected of wrongdoing.
?The spy tool was actually more like a rootkit that could allow not just the government, but a hacker, unfettered access to user accounts.
?The revelation follows news of a 2014 Yahoo breach, now the second largest in history, because Yahoo just broke its own record. The hacker in the 2014 breach also stole email addresses, birthdates, security questions, and even passwords, putting over 500 million customers at risk for identity theft.
The Yahoo hacks and scandals are just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s why:
Every US-based organization has to comply with government surveillance requests in accordance with the Patriot Act—and they can’t breathe a word about it legally without winning a court challenge. If your email is provided by Gmail, Outlook or another US-based email service, it’s very possible a US government agency was reading your email in 2015 at the same time it was reading Yahoo email. The US government could also be reading your email messages right now, but you might never know.
For email privacy, look to European companies that charge a fair-market price, like StartMail
StartMail is based in the Netherlands, outside of US jurisdiction, where it is not subject to US mass surveillance mandates. What’s more, the Netherlands protects privacy by law.
We charge a fair market price for our services so we work directly for our customers, not advertisers, corporate donors, or government agencies bearing grants. Because we charge this fair price, you can also count on us to be around for the long haul, when you need us.
Try StartMail free for 3 months with a special introductory discount
We offer terrific private email with easy-to-use features, like one-click PGP encryption so only the people you write to can read your email. But don’t take our word for it. Check us out for yourself.
You’re going to love how StartMail keeps the US government and snoopy advertisers out of your inbox. To sweeten the deal, for a limited time we will give you 25% off a one-year StartMail subscription—that’s the first 3 months free. This makes your monthly cost for email privacy and peace of mind less than $4 per month. You can’t even buy a fancy coffee drink for that.
In addition, we’ll throw in 2 free one-year companion accounts you can give away to friends or family so they can get email privacy, too. (Companion accounts make great gifts and help spread the privacy message.)
To get your 25% discount and free companion accounts use the coupon code START at checkout. Click here now to get your StartMail account.
Thank you for taking a stand for privacy by using StartMail.com!"
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