Yahoo 'secretly scanned emails for US authorities'
Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 04 October 2016
The news agency says that the software scanned for a string of characters within all incoming emails, but adds that it was unable to determine what information was handed over or if other internet companies had received a similar demand.
The whistleblower Edward Snowden, who previously revealed details about the US's cyber-spying efforts, has tweeted in response to the unverified allegations: "Use @Yahoo? They secretly scanned everything you ever wrote... close your account today."
If it would not be so hard to convince people, all email should be fully encrypted. It's primarily the fault of email clients which do not offer strong encryption out of the box but require users to install and configure additional software.