August 08, 2026 Why can’t your email be as secure as your texts? BY Michael Grothaus Most people take for granted that the messages they send via popular messaging apps like Meta’s WhatsApp or Apple’s iMessage are end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), meaning that no one but the sender and receiver—not even WhatsApp or Apple—can read the contents. … Continue reading Why can’t your email be as secure as your texts?
From CAN-SPAM to state privacy statutes, federal preemption has been inconsistent. Playing it safe in a patchwork system matters now. By Jeanne Jennings , January 6, 2026 I’ve written that the AI panic we’re living through feels a lot like the dawn of the commercial internet, full of promise, panic and policy … Continue reading What privacy and email laws reveal about today’s compliance risk
November 24, 2025 What ‘Sent from my . . .’ in your emails says about you
By Jared Newman September 04, 2022 After a year of private beta testing, DuckDuckGo has made its email privacy tools available to everyone, so you can keep your real email address hidden and minimize tracking by marketers. DuckDuckGo offers two main ways of protecting email privacy: Anti-tracking: Get a duck.com email address (mine’s newmy@duck.com) to hand out … Continue reading Why DuckDuckGo’s new email privacy tool is worth checking out
