• NSA collecting email and messaging contacts worldwide, Yahoo moves to encrypt webmail by default

  Don't think that the NSA's bulk communication data collection is focused solely on the communications themselves. The Washington Post has published more Edward Snowden documents which reveal that the agency collects large volumes of contact lists from email and instant messaging users around…

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• Flickr redesigns individual picture pages with 25 percent larger photos

  Flickr has been all about putting big, bold, beautiful photos front and center  since the website's massive redesign in May , but Yahoo just found one more place to make those photos bigger and more beautiful: individual photo pages. Today, the company previewed a redesign it's calling the…

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• Yahoo Mail finally turns on SSL

  Long a laggard when it comes to site security, Yahoo announces that it will activate SSL for all Yahoo Mail at the beginning of next year. [Read more]        

• Yahoo Mail is switching to default SSL encryption

  On the heels of its recent redesign , Yahoo Mail is adding a new feature many users have been requesting for years: encryption. The Washington Post revealed today that Yahoo Mail will begin using default SSL encryption for its webmail interface as of January 8th, 2014. The encryption, which protects…

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• Flickr previews new design for photo pages, gives pictures room to breathe

  If you often find yourself digging for larger photo sizes while browsing Flickr, Yahoo's just outed a new beta design for image pages that should strike your fancy. With the new look, a 25-percent larger picture fills the left side of a page, while its description, comments, meta information and…

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