Yahoo has started providing webmail users the option of using a secure connection, matching a similar feature Google and Microsoft have offered for several years. Yahoo’s delay in providing a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection for email sessions has been criticized by privacy groups that argue the cryptographic protocol help prevent hackers from reading messages sent over a Wi-Fi network. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which sent a letter in November urging Yahoo to implement SSL, praised Yahoo for catching up with rivals. In providing SSL, Yahoo has left AOL as the only major email provider without the option.”]