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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: Brad on October 05, 2016, 12:58:42 AM

Title: Yahoo searched incoming emails for US Govt
Post by: Brad on October 05, 2016, 12:58:42 AM
Not surprising really.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/04/yahoo-secretly-scanned-customer-emails-for-us-intelligence-reuters.html
Title: Re: Yahoo searched incoming emails for US Govt
Post by: bill on October 05, 2016, 04:56:38 AM
If I didn't have old Yahoo Directory listings tied to some accounts I would have killed them long ago. I wonder if people will start terminating their accounts after this.
Title: Re: Yahoo searched incoming emails for US Govt
Post by: Brad on October 05, 2016, 11:49:38 AM
Quote from: bill on October 05, 2016, 04:56:38 AM
If I didn't have old Yahoo Directory listings tied to some accounts I would have killed them long ago. I wonder if people will start terminating their accounts after this.

I keep threatening to terminate my Yahoo mail accounts but never have. But with Yahoo eroding and sale pending it might be time.

In Yahoo!'s defence, Gmail and Hotmail were probably forced to do the same thing.
Title: Re: Yahoo searched incoming emails for US Govt
Post by: bill on October 06, 2016, 05:25:10 AM
Quote from: Brad on October 05, 2016, 11:49:38 AMIn Yahoo!'s defence, Gmail and Hotmail were probably forced to do the same thing.

Likely, but we don't have evidence that they were quite this complicit. One story I read implied that Yahoo went behind the back of the security officer and had this implemented by normal programmers. The stories coming out about the clashes between security departments and top management show that this company cares nothing for the privacy and security of their users.