Most secure email account for RVing & traveling

[Reformed_Stockb]

What is the most secure email account when you are using public or
RV park PCs, which is something I often do. I know people who say their Yahoo account was compromised. I like to be able reset with a
secret question too. As opposed to a cell number or another email address. There are a lot of them, like Hotmail/Live/Outlook, Google, AOL, Excite, Juno and Mail.com. Anyone have an idea on which is the best for a RVer to use?

[2oldman]

fj12ryder wrote:
.., how is (email) it different? (from postcards)

For starters, it's digital binary code. Wanna read that? And how is 'anyone' along its way going to read it? Set up a phony email account in your name?

[fj12ryder]

LOL

[rockhillmanor]

fj12ryder wrote:

2oldman wrote:

Jaxom wrote:
Think of email like a postcard. Anyone can read its content along the way.

Email is nothing like a postcard.

Well, except for the fact you can only write on one side of an email, how is it different?

Cause you don't need a stamp? :B

[fj12ryder]

2oldman wrote:

Jaxom wrote:
Think of email like a postcard. Anyone can read its content along the way.

Email is nothing like a postcard.

Well, except for the fact you can only write on one side of an email, how is it different?

[WyoTraveler]

I use 2 email addresses. One where I order things on line, log into forums etc. The other address for personal friends. Works out quite well for me

[1492]

Yahoo has had issues in the past with its email service that caused breaches in user accounts. A cross site scripting vulnerability in their servers allowed the possibility of session credentials to be hijacked. Which essentially allows access to a user's account without the password. So spam could be sent out to user's contact lists. Which is one reason I don't recommend using Yahoo Mail as primary email. As they were behind the times where security is concerned compared to other providers such as GMAIL.

[rockhillmanor]

GMAIL's 5,000,000 compromised email accounts were not "hacked". But the result of harvesting through phishing scams or easily guessable passwords such as password over time. If you fall for this, then who's fault is it?...

Bad choice of words on my part. Just heard part of it on TV news story.

No, I don't fall for just anything and really I don't care they are free emails, but in the past year I do care when I am unable to even access my yahoo and/or outlook more times than I care to have it happen. Sure wasn't like that years ago. 😞

I've had 4 free emails with godaddy for 8 years now and not a problem.
Just opened up one with Network solutions will see how that goes.

I found with especially yahoo, if you have a friend that emails you and they have the insistent need to CC 40 of their friends every time they send an email....THAT is when my accounts get compromised. And if I take the time and effort to see where the phishing emails are coming from I usually find the address within the CC's list of a friend.:R

I blocked everyone I know that has a list of cc's and that seemed to help stop it.

[1492]

rockhillmanor wrote:
I've had my yahoo accounts hacked.
Gmail just announced yesterday theirs was hacked by some German company and there is a list of passwords posted on a website. :R

GMAIL's 5,000,000 compromised email accounts were not "hacked". But the result of harvesting through phishing scams or easily guessable passwords such as password over time. If you fall for this, then who's fault is it? It still represents just over 1% of its user accounts.

By dot.com, if you mean a registrar? Then, yes, many offer at least one free email account. GoDaddy does. But registrars have also been subject to hacking and compromises. I would not consider it to be any more secure.

Most all free email providers now use some type of SSL encryption for email sessions/transport. It gets decrypted on the email server end. And may remain that way until it reaches the recipient's email server, then encrypted again for delivery.

If both parties are using the same email provider such as GMAIL, then email can remain encrypted to/from the email server.

If I'm not mistaken, this is what the OP is concerned about when referencing using Public WiFi. Assuming that the email server is properly configured, then no one will be able to read your email during the SSL "transport" phase.

If you have sensitive info in an email, then use some type of encryption for the message portion, and give the recipient the keys to decrypt it in advance.

[2oldman]

Jaxom wrote:
Think of email like a postcard. Anyone can read its content along the way.

Email is nothing like a postcard.

[rockhillmanor]

I've had my yahoo accounts hacked.

And switched to outlook and now they are asking for security codes and when you try to go thru their hoops you still can't get into your mail.

Gmail just announced yesterday theirs was hacked by some German company and there is a list of passwords posted on a website. :R

Nothing worse than being on the road and you can not access your email which many of us full timers have bank accounts, phones, utilities, storage units, etc that send important notices to an email account......nd then NOT be able to access it.

I found the answer to be, buy a Dot.Com. Some of them are only a couple of bucks one time charge. You get a free personal email account, plus a bonus of your own website, blog, picture storage, etc. etc.

In my experience THESE email accounts have 'never' been hacked. You go to your website and read your email period. Click on mail and boom there it is for you to read!

It's not hooked up to all what google, MSN, yahoo is, which allows them to read, copy, distribute, delete, infect all your contacts and hack into, etc.And you don't have to wait for 10 minutes like on yahoo, msn for all their advertising and news feeds etc. to load.

[fj12ryder]

Jaxom wrote:
Think of email like a postcard. Anyone can read its content along the way.

Exactly what I've always been told because of the way e-mail is sent through the internet. No security in transit.

[rr2254545]

Used Yahoo for 5 years no problems

[FlatBroke]

Do the Lois Lerner lost email approach every once in awhile then set up a new account.. No body can find them!

[Jaxom]

Think of email like a postcard. Anyone can read its content along the way.

[Bill_Satellite]

They are all the same. They are all both good and bad. If you thought your CC was safe at Target or Home Depot you have recently been surprised.
I consider e-mail an open form of communications much like my phone line or cell phone.
If you are concerned about security you need to look into secure communications which are either going to involve VPN connections or HTTPS setups. Depending upon what you are hoping to secure, the Government will still have full access to all of these communications should they choose to take that option.
For banking and other secure activities, you are already secure as long as you ensure that you see the "closed padlock" and/or an HTTPS (the S is critical) in the web address.