Microsoft Opts-In Hotmail Users

medeii writes "East Side Journal reports that without telling anyone, Microsoft has suddenly changed the privacy preferences for all Hotmail users. They're now sharing your name and other personal information with third parties, even if you said you didn't want that when you signed up. (If you're a user, login, go to Options > Personal Profile, and un-check the boxes at the bottom of that page.)" The same reporter has written a follow-up article today.

Comments

People should get vanity email addresses

[Argyle]

This is probably the 100th time there's been mention of trouble with the free webmail systems like Yahoo and Hotmail that people have had.

It really is worth the money to own a domain and get an email address that no one can fsck with.

Benefits:
Not based on your ISP
No privacy issues
Multiple email accounts for different purposes
Can utilize forwarding to webmail

More anti-Microsoft FUD. Surprised?

[Fizzlewhiff]

In my Profile this is what the checkboxes at the bottom are described as.

You can speed registration and get personalized services at participating sites by sharing your .NET Passport information with them when you sign in.

Choose how much of your .NET Passport information Microsoft can share with other companies' .NET Passport sites at sign-in:

[] Share my e-mail address.
[] Share my first and last names.
[] Share my other registration information.


This is for setting how much personal info you want shared when you sign in to a site that uses Passport. If you did not use Passport then you would have registered at the site and probably given the same info. This does not mean they are selling my info to 3rd parties. This article is FUD.