How can I keep my email safe from sniffing?

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Hi, Leo. Do you know of any stats, or have a sense, of how widespread it is for websites to sniff and use the email addresses of consumers who visit the site?
Ruth

Pretty close to zero. A website cannot "sniff" your email.

Now, if spyware were installed, that could allow anyone (website or not) to sniff. So make sure your spyware scanners are up to date: http://ask-leo.com/spyware_how_do_i_remove_and_avoid_spyware.html

And if you put yoru email address in a public place, like posting in the body of a comment on a site like this, then there are spiders that scan websites looking for things that look like email addresses, and hence could harvest your email address that way. This article has more: http://ask-leo.com/why_shouldnt_i_post_my_email_address_in_a_public_forum.html

Hello,

I sometimes check my email at work on a company computer,I am not sure if spyware was installed, but i do know there is a firewall. My question is, can management read my personal emails with the use of spyware? Also, is there anyway to safe guard hotmail, to prevent snoopers?

Thanks

Of course your company can be sniffing. AND it's legal. They own all the peices that connect you to the internet, and could install sniffing software or hardware anywhere along the way.

I have a mac account how easily can it be looked at?

how do i protect my computer from being sniffed from msn monitor and sniffer? if u can.. pls tell me in simple words.

can i keep my msn

hey i dont wanna my brother ro look at my emails kk that

can my ex find out that i was snooping? I logged on to hotmail as him - but the guilt hit straight away and so i logged out almost immediately. Can he tell that i logged on to his email from somewhere else? (we live at opposite ends of the world). I didn't open any of his emails or anything.

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