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A Stanford study found AI chatbots give agreeable but wrong advice nearly half the time. Users trust those responses more than accurate ones. Even one such interaction made people less willing to take responsibility for their own decisions. Stay tuned 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

Since 23 March, Hong Kong police can demand device passwords from anyone, including airport transit passengers. Refusing is a criminal offence. If you're passing through, this now applies to you. We cover stories like this weekly 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

60% of Gen Z say email is their most personal channel for brand communication, more than social, text, or in-store combined. The generation supposed to kill email never actually left. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/is-email-dead/

ShinyHunters didn't break into Rockstar directly. They went through a trusted third party. Rockstar refused to pay. 78.6 million records were published. The same group has hit 160+ companies this year. Stay informed 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

A new infostealer hides its instructions inside blockchain transactions, so it can't be taken down. It targets password managers, browser logins, and crypto wallets. Around 300,000 credentials stolen so far. Sub to never miss a story 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

62% of malicious email attachments are ZIP files. Not exotic exploits. Everyday file formats. The most dangerous thing in your inbox might be the most familiar. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/how-to-attach-…

Every few years someone declares email dead. First social media, then Slack, then AI. Meanwhile: 376 billion emails sent daily in 2025. The funeral keeps getting postponed. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/is-email-dead/

Microsoft found 31 companies embedding hidden commands in 'Summarise with AI' buttons to manipulate your AI's output. New research maps this as step one of a seven-step kill chain ending in data theft or financial fraud. Stay informed 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

Most business email is encrypted in transit, which still allows the provider to read every message. That is very different from end to end encryption. Here is what that gap means for your organisation. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/small-business…

Researchers have shown that large language models can identify Reddit, Hacker News, and LinkedIn users from only a few comments, inferring location, job, even real names. Online anonymity is now much harder to count on. Do not miss the next one. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

Most small businesses outgrow a Gmail address long before they realise it. By the time you're searching for a business email host, dozens of options pull in different directions. Here's how to choose without overpaying. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/small-business…

A supply‑chain attack on a medical software vendor used by 1,500 French doctors exposed 15.8 million patient records, including HIV status, personal information, and even the health data of public officials. Sub to never miss a story 👉 blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

A data breach costs the average small business $254,445. Costs hit in three waves: immediate response, recovery, then lost business and reputation. In the worst cases, the total reaches $1.24 million. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/email-security…

“Outsourcing your cloud is outsourcing your sovereignty.” In his new interview with 21News.be, Patrick De Schutter breaks down why Europe’s reliance on foreign cloud and communication platforms is a structural vulnerability. 👉 21news.be/nl/digitale-so…

Two AI coding extensions used by 1.5 million developers were found sending every piece of code they processed to servers in China – with no disclosure to users. For the full story and more like it every month: blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

Credential phishing attacks are up 703% year-over-year. And 68% of all data breaches still trace back to phishing or social engineering. The inbox is still the front line. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/business-email…

"Privacy isn't about hiding. It's about autonomy." — Patrick De Schutter, CEO of Mailfence, interviewed by HLN. Gmail & Outlook: your keys, their hands. U.S. CLOUD Act. AI training on your messages. Mailfence: OpenPGP, zero ads, data in Belgium 🇧🇪 hln.be/tech/van-eigen…

The age verification tool behind ChatGPT, Discord, and Roblox runs 269 checks per user, screens faces against intelligence watchlists, and reports to US financial agencies. All framed as a routine age check. For the full story and more like it every month: blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…

Mailfence mobile is now available in German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Switch your language in Account Settings. 👉 blog.mailfence.com/mailfence-mobi…

8.7 billion records – national IDs, plaintext passwords, social media data – sat in an open, unprotected database for over three weeks. One of the largest data exposures ever recorded. For the full story and more like it every month: blog.mailfence.com/newsletter-sig…