Your email inbox isn’t just an annoyance—it’s a privacy risk

For most of us, taking a long, hard look at our inbox isn’t fun: Typically, the digital clutter and spam email is piled high, while anything useful and informative often gets lost in the deluge. Getting to inbox zero seems like an impossible task, so we close down our email apps again, only to find the situation is even worse the next time they’re opened. We understandably avoid our overflowing inboxes, in favor of getting on with something else far more fun, but there are very good privacy reasons to want to tackle this pile of digital detritus—and there are powerful tools to help, as well (more on this shortly). Check out at Yorba Think about the emails attached to old accounts that you leave neglected but open—each account is a way for bad actors to get at you and your data. Maybe the account uses a simple password that’s easy to guess, or the app involved has been taken over by an organization with shady intentions, or the service itself has long since gone out of business and s ... Read full article.