Hotmail articles

Are your emails and attachments safe from prying eyes? If you're not using a secure email service that respects your privacy, the answer is likely no.

It wasn't that difficult to be perceived as a technology bigwig in the mid-90s. All you needed to impress the masses was a spiffy email address, and there was no provider hotter than the aptly-named Hotmail.

It was the late 90s, social media platforms like Facebook didn't yet exist, texting was in its infancy, email was very popular, instant messaging was up for the taking and Microsoft took notice.