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  • Today's Email Real-Life Scare Story

    A "scared straight" approach to proper password hygeine

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 2, 2011
  • Mysteries of Technology, Part 1,287: Gmail and Chrome

    Google has a flawlessly coordinated plan to take over your life. Sort of.

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 19, 2011
  • Quick Points on Gmail Security

    Is using Gmail's "two-factor" system a nuisance? Let me put it this way: is it a nuisance carrying around keys to your house, versus just leaving the door unlocked?

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 12, 2011
  • Hacked! In the Magazine

    Don't want to be 'mugged in Madrid'? Learn from our experience.

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 11, 2011
  • I Am a Loyal Gmail User, but This Is Pretty Damned Funny

    Microsoft gets a welcome humor implant, and uses it against Google's Gmail Man, with an online advertisement for Office 365

    • James Fallows
    • Aug 15, 2011
  • Request for Reader Help: Has Your Gmail Been Hacked?

    Was your Gmail account hacked sometime this year? Please tell me about it for a new article that I'm working on for the magazine.

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 21, 2011
  • A Miscellany on Google Design

    What's up with all this fancy new Google stuff? It could be a step forward in design. At least one person, former NYTimes.com design director Khoi Vinh, is a big fan.

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 12, 2011
  • More on Gmail's 'New Look'

    I mentioned that the "new look of Gmail" was remarkable mainly for how much more white space, and how much less info, it presented to the user on each page. Readers respond.

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 11, 2011
  • The Future of Gmail: Less is More?

    Maybe it will turn out that people really want to see less of their inbox when they're working on email in Google's system, and more blank white space. But I'll be surprised if that's so.

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 9, 2011
  • Google+ vs. Facebook: The Trust Factor

    Several more arguments -- from tech blogger Robert Scoble, Christopher Michael Luna and others -- that G+ is the way to go

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 5, 2011
  • Google+: So Far, So Good

    Will Google+ overtake Facebook? Who knows. But it corrects some problems Facebook has created for itself. And the privacy bias seems to be immediately set in your favor.

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 5, 2011
  • And Today the Sun Rose in the East

    Action: Google releases new social-connection product. Reaction: China instantly bans it.

    • James Fallows
    • Jun 30, 2011
  • An 'Economic Burden' Google Can No Longer Bear?

    Can any technology challenge be too big for Google? Apparently so. In December, the search giant will turn off its Translate API.

    • James Fallows
    • Jun 12, 2011
  • Latest Google Gizmo: Flight Search

    How can I get to Dubuque? A new Google feature lets you know. And in its stripped-down effectiveness in answering the question, I can see the handiness relative to Kayak.

    • James Fallows
    • Jun 3, 2011
  • On the Latest Google Chinese-Hacking News

    I don't know whether my family was part of the latest hacking attack coming out of China. I do know what you can do to protect your family.

    • James Fallows
    • Jun 1, 2011
  • Two Fascinating Exhibits on Data Security

    How "the crusher" guarantees the security of "the cloud", plus a possible new instance of threat inflation

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 26, 2011
  • Your Gmail Hacking Finale: Official Advice From Google

    Amateurs think the cloud is taking care of their data. Pros know it isn't, and can't. It's every user for himself and herself, now as in days of yore.

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 22, 2011
  • On the Gmail Hack: You Do Not Want This to Happen to You

    Don't want to lose your online data? There's an easy way to protect yourself: Google's two-step verification process

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 18, 2011
  • Hacking Epidemic: No Joke, Lock Down Your Gmail Now

    Attacks on Gmail, like that on my wife's personal account, appear to be spreading. Change your password. Now.

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 15, 2011
  • Hacking Update: Please Do These Things if You Use Gmail

    Lessons from a phishing attack, the most troubling I've been involved with in over 30 years of using electronic communication

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 14, 2011
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