Seems Nobody Gives A Damn About Privacy

sulli writes "Remember how everyone got all up in arms about Yahoo's plans to spam and coldcall all of its members? Well, even if slashdot readers were pissed and angrily deleted their accounts, the vast majority of users did nothing. (New York Times, blah blah) So much for the big popular revolt, I guess. Market away, Yahoo!" Sigh.

Comments

Re:Everything is okay...

[NineNine]

You are truly out of touch with the public. Most people don't give a shit. Most people aren't this paranoid and anal retentive. Hell, I know everything that happened, and not only do I use Yahoo, but I haven't gotten around to changing my settings. Why? I have a life. You should look into getting one, too.

He's not kidding

[FreeUser]

Is this guy joking? I blck-holed doubleclick, so I can't tell

He's not joking.

I say no to doubleclick cookies from time to time when browsing slashdot, so slashdot is definitely using them.

Add this to the growing list of Slashdot Editorial Hypocracy, along with their promoting the latest Star Wars tripe right next to articles detailing the concerted attack on our first amendment rights by the very same Copyright Cartels, etc. etc.

Slashdot may be where many of us come to get their news, but it has in large part become part of the problem, and certainly it has become a part of the corporate establishment that is becoming ever more oppressive.