PSA: Yahoo! (aka, Google Buzz round 2)

[sol_se]

Opt-Out Required to Prevent Your Yahoo! Mail Contacts From Being Used for Social Network

Earlier this week, Yahoo! announced a plan to try to leverage its Yahoo! Mail users' contacts into a social network of friends who will receive your Yahoo! Updates. Once the most visited website in the world, Yahoo! now ranks fourth worldwide, reaching about

Comments

[gigglemonster]

Ugh, shit like this is so stupid. Must they keep trying to force shit like this on us? Thank you for the heads up, following the link now

[sol_se]

You're welcome.

[lilly_the_kid]

Thanks for posting this! I have a yahoo account and I just disabled all that stuff... creepy!

[sol_se]

You're welcome! Creepy indeed.

[mapsandlegends]

Wow, they didn't learn from Google's fuckup? What assholes. This is why I give fake info to any site that doesn't need my real info for business transactions. Data leaks still happen, but at least most merchants realize it's wrong to take private customer data and share it publicly.

[sol_se]

Yeah, I've been doing that recently. I first joined Yahoo Groups in the 90s for email lists though, and I was definitely not as internet-savvy. I'm betting there are a lot of folks like me that have forgotten what groups they're even members of anymore. Gah!

[mapsandlegends]

Oh, man. It would suck to have a zombie account from 5 or 10 years ago get all of the contacts and personal info made public because of this crap.

[aurora_84]

Call me crazy, but when I want to be in a social network that shares my information, I'll go join one, thanks.
Seriously. Stop abusing my personal data, Yahoo. And Google.

[sol_se]

Seriously. Who thought surprising people into being in a social network was a good idea?? Surprise, we made you some friends! Sneaky and stupid.