Yesterday I was logging into my flickr account from my new Laptop and I received a Security warning pop-up asking me to validate my access from a `New Computer` by one of two methods: SMS to my phone number on account, or by triggering a non Y! email account listed in my profile. This also happened here at the office, today when logging into my Y! mail account, so it seems to be officially supported here north of the border now. I say now...

On January 26th, at the Canadian Institute’s Advertising & Marketing Law Conference, I presented the following presentation alongside Wally Hill – VP Public Affairs and Communications from the Canadian Marketing Association – where we discussed the current status of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), provided some guidance for compliance as the law and regulations as they are now drafted, comparisons to...

It’s time to reflect on a number of items still hovering over the industries head from last year; ESP breaches, data hacking and general security threats. As an individual you may not have direct accessing the finer workings of your corporate security planning but here are a few tools you can use to protect yourself. Website trust: How do you know which websites to trust, other than the ones you use regularly and already trust with...

Happy New Year! Hope you enjoyed a wonderful and safe holiday season and new year. Last year was a bit of a slow year here at EmailKarma.net, but I’m looking to change that in 2012. We are starting a new year and a new attitude and perspective for writing. I’m planning on increasing the number of guest posts this year after the success of last years guest posts (I’ll be drafting some guidelines around these in the coming...

Yesterday I attended a meeting lead by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), that consisted of a number of the Nations largest Mobile Carriers and Aggrigators. It was exciting to finally get some real insights into the world of mobile, the types of concerns that the eco-system has and some of the issues that they are facing as a larger group… I’m happy to say true spam is not a major one (at least at...