Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF

I have hated yahoo because of their poor products, bad user experience, ridiculous design sense, and what appears to be just brand marketing for a brand's sake.

However, I have to say this news gives me a strong reason to reevaluate yahoo. And my own feelings about this makes it clear to me there is a market in customers who are interested in having their rights respected. I'm looking forward to the new wave of strong security, and corporate user rights policies as a feature.

Re: Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF

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Post by e3pi » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 7:19 PM UTC

"... While Yahoo still has a way to go in the other Who Has Your Back categories (and they remain the last major email carrier not using HTTPS encryption by default)..."

Why? and how vulnerable to Eve, not using HTTPS?

Re: Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF

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Post by mtgx » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 7:21 PM UTC

cpeterso wrote: post #3

yuhong wrote: post #2

Notice the name of the law used is mentioned in this article.

Protect America Act?

How Orwellian of them. Does that law still exist, though? I thought they replaced it with the FISA Amendments Act or something.

Re: Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF

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Post by e3pi » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 7:22 PM UTC

cpeterso wrote: post #3

yuhong wrote: post #2

Notice the name of the law used is mentioned in this article.

Protect America Act?

You must know by now, all Fed op/act/project names must be read through rot180, or a `clapperSpeak' translator.

Re: Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF

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Post by yuhong » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 7:29 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #7

cpeterso wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Protect America Act?

How Orwellian of them. Does that law still exist, though? I thought they replaced it with the FISA Amendments Act or something.

Yes, they did. I read an article about it before.

Re: Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF

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Post by benatkin » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

It seems like an odd choice to leave the exclamation point out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!