Last year, DuckDuckGo announced a free service designed to fend off email trackers and help people protect their privacy. The Email Protection beta was initially available through a waitlist. Now, ...

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. But if ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Love it or hate it, email has become a part ...

Rumors of email's demise have been greatly exaggerated. While the "age-old" communication conduit may have new rivals, it is showing little sign of letting up. In 2017, active email users stood at 3.7 ...

These days, data breaches and privacy concerns are rampant, so choosing the right email service is crucial. While free email providers may seem convenient, they often come with hidden costs to your ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...

Email masking services create burner addresses to protect your real inbox Tools from Apple, Mozilla, DuckDuckGo and others offer easy setup options Experts say replying through masked emails is key ...

End users want to stake out their claim to privacy on corporate e-mail systems, but IT execs are having none of it. Mention the word “archive” in regard to corporate e-mail, and users get their ...

ProtonMail, the Switzerland-based provider of an encrypted email service, has rebranded as Proton. The rebranding reflects the firm’s mission to bring privacy to the mainstream, states Varun Kabra, ...