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

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

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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 stron…

I think Marissa has recently did a lot of changes to improve Yahoo.

She seems to be good at getting nerds talking about Yahoo. I don't think I was ever in the target market for any of their products, and I almost forgot the company existed, until the recent controversy about the ban on remote working.

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

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

Modern newspeak and equivalent English terms:

Department of Homeland Security - Department of State Security

Public Safety - Police

Department of Defense - Department of War

Enhanced interrogation techniques - Torture

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

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Well, this is a little weird... Yahoo that joined PRISM in 2008 gets a gold star from EFF?

I doubt you can "join" PRISM. You're forced in.

"forced in" meaning that in order to continue to conduct business as is without trying to circumvent in the name of their users interests, they chose to align their interests with the surveillance state in order to minimize any potential short term corporate hardships.

It kind of reminds me of how a certain president received a nobel peace prize yet the actions conducted under his policies (or rule) are in contradiction to the ideals of what the prize is named after, but I digress.

There is always a choice to be made…

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

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Well they start by putting all the C level exec's in jail for refusing a lawful request.

I'm not sure how long Larry, Sergey, Steve and Marissa would want to stay in jail but I'm sure they'd have plenty of interesting discussions:)

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