Why do companies want my email address? Advertisers, web publishers and app makers all want to gather email addresses partially so that they can contact you with promotional messages, advertisements ...

Here we go again. A new furor after Google’s decision to allow Gmail users to change their original email addresses for something less embarrassing or more age appropriate. But this long-awaited ...

Have you ever shopped at an online store once, and then found yourself dealing with a constant influx of marketing spam emails for weeks and even months? Virtually every online service wants me to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Email accounts are a particularly popular target for hackers. Emails often contain a treasure trove of valuable data, up to and ...

Over the past three years, I’ve changed email providers three times without ever changing email addresses. That’s because my address is entirely under my control. Instead of relying on an email that ...

Have you ever wanted to sign up for an online service but you didn’t want to provide your real email address as part of the process? There’s a good chance your email address has your actual name in it ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

Hide My Email is a great way to subscribe to things or use online, but an iCloud mail alias can give you up to three alternate email addresses for business or pleasure. Apple introduced Hide My Email ...

Email has been with us for decades. And while social media and mobile messaging apps are increasingly popular, it remains the mainstay of our personal and professional communications. There are an ...