Tag Archives: Hotmail

Microsoft needs to be more aggressive on encryption

Posted on November 20, 2013 by halberenson

I was horrified when I woke up this morning and discovered Microsoft’s positioning in this Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) article (republished by Gizmodo) on encryption.  Of course, that’s because it was EFF’s intent to shock vendors into action.  Or rather, … Continue reading →

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SenderID Followup

Posted on May 12, 2011 by halberenson

I wanted to do a bit of a followup to my earlier SenderID post both to better capture the comments and make another observation.  First I wanted to bring John Scarrow’s comment to the front of the discussion.  John is … Continue reading →

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Is Hotmail’s “Trusted Sender” feature more than just show?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by halberenson

One year ago Microsoft introduced a feature in Hotmail that marked mail from a set of “trusted senders”, primarily banks, with a Trusted Sender icon.  The idea was that if mail from your bank was marked with the icon you … Continue reading →

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