HTTPS For Yahoo! Mail Is Now AvailableYahoo has finally decided to offer to the users of its popular Yahoo! Mail service the option of encrypting their entire webmail session by switching on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocol, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports.
The protocol is meant to prevent attackers to eavesdrop on the users' electronic communication, especially when using public wifi hotspots, and its use is signalized by the HTTPS expression preceding the URL....
Unfortunately, Yahoo hasn't switched on SSL by default, but has left to each user the option to enable it in their accounts. Yahoo! Mail users are advised to do so in their account Options (click on the screenshot to enlarge it):
Of the largest webmail providers, Google (Gmail) and Microsoft (Hotmail) have made the same move in 2010 - Google in the wake of the Aurora attacks, and Microsoft started with HTTPS enabled for login soon after.
It has been a very up and down week for Yahoo Mail in terms of security. The service was recently hacked via an XSS exploit, which Yahoo has since patched, and now we’re learning the company has also quietly rolled out an HTTPS option (finally).
It has been a very up and down week for Yahoo Mail in terms of security. The service was recently hacked via an XSS exploit, which Yahoo has since patched, and now we’re learning the company has also quietly rolled out an HTTPS option (finally).
If you use Yahoo Mail, you should enable the feature now (unfortunately it’s not on by default). To do so, click the gear wheel in the upper right corner, select “Mail Options,” go to “Advanced Settings,” and click “Turn on SSL” as shown in the screenshot below:
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