When it comes to the eternal tradeoff between digital security and convenience, most tech firms focus their efforts on the vast majority of people who choose a painless user experience over a paranoid ...

Update, Feb. 26, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 23, now includes additional commentary regarding the potential security implications of the decision to deprecate SMS from the Gmail ...

Google provides help with disappearing Gmail messages. Update, Dec. 13, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 12, now includes further information about how Gmail defines bulk senders and ...

Google has long offered SMS as an option to receive two-factor authentication codes for Gmail. However, there are risks associated with it. Criminals can easily intercept SMS verification and make you ...

There was a time when high-status people signaled their worth with an ostentatious key fob for an expensive car. Today the keyring of an important person—or at least a paranoid one—might be ...

A G Suite administrator may choose to warn an email recipient when the person attempts to access an attached items that is encrypted or includes a script. Or, the admin may choose to classify such ...