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.

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M$ has "opted" Hotmail users in to MSN spam too

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Microsoft has been sending out quite a bit of MSN-related spam to Hotmail users lately. What really irritates me about this is that not only can this not be filtered out (they send it as a member announcement from staff@hotmail.com), but they also blatantly lie and say that their policy is and always has been to send such emails only to inform Hotmail users of new services that are related to Hotmail. How in the hell is MSN a service that is directly related to Hotmail?