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Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by valuearb »

Verizon just informed me of this fantastic new service they want to sell me where I can create my own caller id signature for my phone calls. They specifically state they aren't editing/approving them, so I can be "Princess Di" or "Donald Trump" if I want.

Now I know why all my spam calls the last few days have been from people with full caller ID signatures that make it look like they are in my contacts already. These are the people in charge of protecting your private information at Yahoo.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#52

Post by ZenoArrow »

trurl wrote: post #39
berbec wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1-user gsuite account. 1TB for $5/month

GSuite would be Google. I don't think an advertising company is really going to be that much better than Verizon. And if I just want 1TB of online storage I have better options. The question was about a "photo sharing" application not unlike Flickr.

MediaGoblin perhaps? I've never used it (or Flickr) but it seems like it could be a good fit.

https://mediagoblin.org/

https://mediagoblin.org/pages/tour.html

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#53

Post by ZenoArrow »

Bartweiss wrote: post #50
tomc1985 wrote: post #29

Oath -- what a stupid name. Trying to invoke honor and valor. Ha!

I appreciate the name. They might have aimed for honor, but also invoked obscenity and that fits perfectly.

Is it really an obscenity? Closest I've heard "oath" used as an obscenity is "bloody oath" or words to that affect, which means exactly the same as "damn right". Bloody and damn are both mild swear words, but haven't seen "oath" used as an obscenity in its own right.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by tomc1985 »

Bartweiss wrote: post #50
tomc1985 wrote: post #29

Oath -- what a stupid name. Trying to invoke honor and valor. Ha!

I appreciate the name. They might have aimed for honor, but also invoked obscenity and that fits perfectly.

I have never heard the unmodified word "oath" used to indicate anything less than positive. Only very rarely is it used in any negative sense, and then almost always with some sort of descriptor -- "Bloody oath", as you say

Are you from AU by chance? Urban Dictionary seems to indicate 'oath' is slang over there

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=oath

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#55

Post by Nition »

valuearb wrote: post #51

Verizon just informed me of this fantastic new service they want to sell me where I can create my own caller id signature for my phone calls. They specifically state they aren't editing/approving them, so I can be "Princess Di" or "Donald Trump" if I want. Now I know why all my spam calls the last few days have been from people with full caller ID signatures that make it look like they are in my contacts already. The…

In that case I'd suggest "Mom" or "Dad" for maximum effectiveness. Oooh or maybe "YOU HAVE WON".

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#56

Post by jacquesm »

Nition wrote: post #55
valuearb wrote: post #51

Verizon just informed me of this fantastic new service they want to sell me where I can create my own caller id signature for my phone calls. They specifically state they aren't editing/approving them, so I can be "Princess Di" or "Donald Trump" if I want. Now I know why all my spam calls the last few days have been from people with full caller ID signatures that make it look like they are in my contacts already. The…

In that case I'd suggest "Mom" or "Dad" for maximum effectiveness. Oooh or maybe "YOU HAVE WON".

911 as the originator should have a pretty good pick-up rate. Nobody ever got called by them and yet I'd bet that it would work just fine.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by Nition »

jacquesm wrote: post #56
Nition wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In that case I'd suggest "Mom" or "Dad" for maximum effectiveness. Oooh or maybe "YOU HAVE WON".

911 as the originator should have a pretty good pick-up rate. Nobody ever got called by them and yet I'd bet that it would work just fine.

This is the kind of thing where we start coming up with these ideas that might actually work, but then some Chinese bot calls you with the ID MOM 911 YOU HAVE WON EMERGENCY.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#58

Post by ghaff »

trurl wrote: post #39
berbec wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1-user gsuite account. 1TB for $5/month

GSuite would be Google. I don't think an advertising company is really going to be that much better than Verizon. And if I just want 1TB of online storage I have better options. The question was about a "photo sharing" application not unlike Flickr.

SmugMug possibly although I haven’t looked at them in ages. Premium photosharing sort of fell out of favor as a product category.

Honestly it’s CC search that I value most about Flickr though. I don’t really do the social aspects and I could always find an alternnative personal hosting option.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#60

Post by richardwhiuk »

jtokoph wrote: post #4

Let's say I run company A, and Company B wants to buy all of my user's information but I've already created policies that say I won't share user information with 3rd parties. Could I: 1. Create a subsidiary (Company C) 2. Share info 'internally' with company C 3. Sell Company C to Company B

What policies have you created? How are those enforced? Are they even enforceable?

Depending on how they are worded, either the share, and/oor the sale, and/or neither will break the policy

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