• PC World, Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:37 PM

Yahoo is now automatically encrypting all Yahoo Mail emails. Yahoo Mail has had support for HTTPS—SSL/TLS encryption over HTTP since late 2012, but hit required an opt-in. Now the feature is default. "Anytime you use Yahoo Mail—whether it’s on the web, mobile web, mobile apps, or via IMAP, POP or SMTP—it is 100% encrypted by default and protected with 2,048 bit certificates," explained Jeff Bonforte, senior vice-president of communication products at Yahoo, in a blog post. "This encryption extends to your emails, attachments, contacts, as well as Calendar and Messenger in Mail."

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