Yahoo has begun automatically encrypting Yahoo Mail users’ connections. Automatic HTTPS is now the default. The move is in response to concerns about government surveillance. Google recently made a similar change, and Microsoft and Facebook have announced stronger encryption keys will be coming in the future. Meanwhile, following allegations that a major security firm accepted $10 million from the National Security Agency to implement an “intentional cryptographic flaw” in one of its encryption tools, several high-profile security experts have begun canceling their appearance at the firm’s annual conference, CNET reports.
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