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Seems Nobody Gives A Damn About Privacy

Posted by chrisd on from the sadly-expected-result dept.

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.

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  1. Re:I find it funny that by Sc00ter · · Score: 5, Informative
    You do? I just use this. No need to give out any info...

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  2. Re:Everything is okay... by susano_otter · · Score: 4, Informative
    The problem is that the vast majority of users don't know anything happened.

    Bzzzt! Wrong. Yahoo! sent out an email to every customer, telling them exactly what had happened, and giving explicit instructions on how to view and change the settings.

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  3. Re:I don't think it matters much by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 3, Informative

    Congress is already trying to make it a criminal act to lie to Network Solutions, punishible by up to 5 years in prison. How much longer before they try to do the same for lying to Yahoo?