Email hacks

[Tulani]

Which is more secure yahoo or gmail? Are email client apps safer than the stock app?

 

[MacDawg]

Depends more on the strength of your password than anything else

 

[Tulani]

Depends more on the strength of your password than anything else

So one might have to constantly change their password?

 

[MacDawg]

So one might have to constantly change their password?

Not if you start with a strong password to begin with and don't share it with anyone

 

[SpyderBite]

Email is safe from "hacks" as in a server side intrusion.

99.9% of email privacy problems are when the account is compromised due to a weak or shared password. Using the same password to sign up for a less reputable forum that you use for your primary email account.

Ideally, what I do is have multiple email addresses for different purposes. Banking, family and friends, gaming, forums, etc. Each has a unique email account that I aggregate either via forwards or aliases.

 

[dastinger]

Using GMail, you have the option to turn on 2-step verification. Once you login using a computer you never used before, you'll get a text message on your phone with a code you need to enter in order to login. Each app will have a different password given by Google as well. If you're worried about security, I'd go with that option.