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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      Yahoo 'secretly scanned emails for US authorities'
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37551415

      Snowden says to close Yahoo accounts immediately.

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      • zuphzuph
        zuphzuph Banned last edited by

        I'm really happy I've never had a yahoo account in my life rn.
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        • StrongBad
          StrongBad last edited by

          And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

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          • Danp
            Danp last edited by

            I still have an (unused) account with them. Hope they were able to siphon off some significant info from the plethora of spam it contains.

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            • scottalanmiller
              scottalanmiller last edited by

              https://theintercept.com/2016/10/04/delete-your-yahoo-account/

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              • wrx7m
                wrx7m last edited by

                Yahoo was my first email account, circa 1997. I haven't used it for at least 15 years. I don't even know if it would still be around.

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                • wrx7m
                  wrx7m last edited by

                  I guess this is why you should run your own mail server. Not the end all, be all, but you can also refuse to send mail to these "free" mail service domains.

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                  • J
                    Jason Banned last edited by

                    My mom uses Yahoo.

                    The reality though.. this is probably happening on some level with every single US based provider.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @Jason last edited by

                      @Jason said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                      My mom uses Yahoo.

                      The reality though.. this is probably happening on some level with every single US based provider.

                      THe difference is either that Yahoo got caught or, as the articles suggest, that they happily cooperated and put in a lot of effort to aid in the process.

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                      • bbigford
                        bbigford @StrongBad last edited by

                        @StrongBad said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                        And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

                        Even Yahoo doesn't use Yahoo.

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                        • scottalanmiller
                          scottalanmiller @bbigford last edited by

                          @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                          @StrongBad said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                          And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

                          Even Yahoo doesn't use Yahoo.

                          Not like they could. It's like Apple doesnt run on Apple....because they don't make servers so they can't.

                          Now what was shocking was that IBM didn't run on IBM.

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                          • bbigford
                            bbigford @scottalanmiller last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                            @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                            @StrongBad said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                            And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

                            Even Yahoo doesn't use Yahoo.

                            Not like they could. It's like Apple doesnt run on Apple....because they don't make servers so they can't.

                            Now what was shocking was that IBM didn't run on IBM.

                            What does IBM use then?

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                            • dafyre
                              dafyre @bbigford last edited by

                              @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                              @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                              @StrongBad said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                              And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

                              Even Yahoo doesn't use Yahoo.

                              Not like they could. It's like Apple doesnt run on Apple....because they don't make servers so they can't.

                              Now what was shocking was that IBM didn't run on IBM.

                              What does IBM use then?

                              Lenovo? Ha ha.

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                              • bbigford
                                bbigford @dafyre last edited by

                                @dafyre said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                @StrongBad said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

                                Even Yahoo doesn't use Yahoo.

                                Not like they could. It's like Apple doesnt run on Apple....because they don't make servers so they can't.

                                Now what was shocking was that IBM didn't run on IBM.

                                What does IBM use then?

                                Lenovo? Ha ha.

                                Now that would be funny.

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @bbigford last edited by

                                  @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                  @BBigford said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                  @StrongBad said in Yahoo Caught Giving Email Contents to Government Agencies:

                                  And who exactly is still using Yahoo?

                                  Even Yahoo doesn't use Yahoo.

                                  Not like they could. It's like Apple doesnt run on Apple....because they don't make servers so they can't.

                                  Now what was shocking was that IBM didn't run on IBM.

                                  What does IBM use then?

                                  Oracle (Sun) when I was there.

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                                  • nadnerB
                                    nadnerB last edited by

                                    Yahoo adding insult to stupidity: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-emailforward-idUSKCN12A22Q

                                    Yahoo Inc disabled automatic email forwarding at the beginning of the month, the Associated Press reported, citing several users.
                                     
                                    While those who have set up forwarding in the past are unaffected, users who would want to leave following recent hacking and surveillance revelations are struggling to shift to rival services, the AP reported on Monday. (apne.ws/2dKpUW3)

                                    The short URL at the end of the quote goes to: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_YAHOO_BREACH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULt

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      Oh wow, they are getting desperate.

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                                      • Reid Cooper
                                        Reid Cooper @nadnerB last edited by

                                        @nadnerB that's really the only way that they are going to get anyone to stick with them.

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                                        • Dashrender
                                          Dashrender last edited by

                                          Well you're not really safe if your email is still routing through Yahoo.

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                                          • Dashrender
                                            Dashrender last edited by

                                            Can't gmail act like a Pop3 client and go get the mail? So this really doesn't keep people from using another service like gmail.

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