Second In A Series: In a recent post, I described several situations where web-based email accounts were compromised.  Probably the best known incident involved Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account, which was burgurlarized a few months prior to the November 2008 presidential election.

Could this type of attack happen today? Yes.

Should a non-celebrity, average person be concerned about their email security? Absolutely.

Everyone needs to be concerned about email security

Even if you’re not famous …even if you’re not involved in anything illegal or embarrassing …even if all your email is really, really boring …you need to keep your email account secure. Here are three reasons:

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First In A Series: Pay your bills online? Do any online banking? If you do, you probably keep your bank account password secure.

But what about your e-mail password?

This article will give examples of what can happen when someone gets unauthorized access to your e-mail account. In an upcoming post, we’ll take a look at a couple of reasons why your e-mail password may not be as secure as you might think. After that, we will examine some methods for keeping your e-mail account private and secure.

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