Anything potentially dodgy could then be shared with the National Security Agency. Sharing Data With NSA: In 2015, reports showed that Yahoo Mail has implemented a technology that was able to scan all incoming emails for specific keywords.You honestly couldn’t make this stuff up! And this was a major problem because plenty of those accounts had redirects, whereby mail sent to a Yahoo account was redirected to another account, but rather than the mail redirecting, in some cases, it was sent to the new owner of the username. Yahoo did not notify any of the users about their accounts being deleted. Not only that, but it then started giving out the usernames associated with these accounts to new users. Mass Account Deleting: In 2013, Yahoo started deleting accounts that hadn’t been active for 12 months.Yahoo, facing yet another major backlash, lifted the ban on February 23, 2006. I say, certain types, but in actual fact, it was only usernames that contained the words Allah – or, by proxy, any combination that contained the letters that spelled out Allah, so Linda Callahan, for instance, was blocked. User Name Bans: In 2006, Yahoo started banning certain types of usernames.

Yahoo eventually reached a settlement with Shi Tao after he was released from prison in 2013. And how did the authorities find out what Tao was doing? Simple: Yahoo ratted him out, acting as an informant for Chinese authorities.

Shi Tao Arrest: In 2004, Shi Tao, a journalist, was arrested and imprisoned for 10 years in China for leaking “leaking state secrets”.

In the end, it turned out that three billion accounts had been hacked but Yahoo decided not to tell anyone until 2017. As it turned out, Yahoo wasn’t completely clear about the numbers. In 2016, Yahoo reported that more than one billion user accounts were hacked.

3 Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked: Let’s start with the most recent scandal.

Here’s a breakdown of all of Yahoo Mail’s screw-ups and controversies over the years: Think about it: can you name another email provider that has been linked with so many data and security breaches over the past decade? Of all the reasons I would never use Yahoo Mail, security and privacy is the #1 reason why I would sooner not have email than exclusively use Yahoo Mail. But no amount of new features and tweaks can erase Yahoo’s sketchy past… Yahoo Mail & Security – A Match Made In HELL… My mum uses it, for instance, despite my efforts to get her switched over to Gmail. Of those 225 million users, most, I imagine, are legacy users that have been using Yahoo Mail for decades or years at a time. Since its acquisition by Verizon, Yahoo has updated and released the new Yahoo Mail which featured a new design language, it’s cleaner and smarter-looking, as well as unique things like in-app coupons for when you’re shopping.Īnd that’s fine. Yahoo is now also owned by Verizon, the US carrier. And as of Q1 2020, Yahoo Mail has upwards of 225 million users. You now have three types of plans for Yahoo Mail: Basic, Plus, and Ad-Free. Launched in 1997, Yahoo Mail has been through many changes over the years, adding new features and different types of plans. I find that incredible given the company’s track record with security… Yahoo Mail has tens of millions of years.

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