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A fun test would be to post the data sharing policy of various services/apps and see how often someone posts a comment like this. Someone always posts a comment

by soared 9y ago

A fun test would be to post the data sharing policy of various services/apps and see how often someone posts a comment like this. Someone always posts a comment like this and it always feels, to me, like a knee-jerk reaction. They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? Just because Yahoo is forthecoming about that they're sharing data, rather than selling it and not telling, thats grounds to close your account? I'm not saying you shouldn't, just odd to always see this comment.

ProAm 9y ago
> They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? To be honest, it's already in the wild when they where hacked and everything was stolen. 3 billion accounts. [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/how-the-yahoo-hack-stacks-up-to-previous-data-breaches.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/how-the-yahoo-hack-stacks-up...
- soared 9y ago
  You could almost argue your data is safer with verizon than with the old yahoo! (Safer, with a hard R. Not safe, just less not-safe)
intopieces 9y ago
The parent comment you're replying to is not telling people they should close their account, or even making a fuss about the data sharing. She's just giving people information that people might find helpful. Services like this often have labyrinthine processes for closing accounts, so it's nice to have a quick link for how to do it.
Bartweiss 9y ago
> They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? This seems like it cuts both ways. To be sure, Yahoo's data handling was reprehensible before the acquisition also. But if this reminds some people to pay attention to that, it's all to the good - I don't actually expect things to get better. Deleting or restricting your Yahoo presence was probably the right decision 1 or 3 or 5 years ago, but that doesn't mean it's wrong now. More broadly, there's normally an argument for distrusting ISPs and mobile carriers even more than internet companies; they can correlate with physical presence, have a history of shockingly immoral behavior, and have repeatedly colluded with state surveillance far beyond what they were compelled to do. I'm not sure how relevant any of that is in Yahoo's case, though, since they've basically alternated between handing user data to the government and handing it to literally everyone in the world. You're certainly right that anyone who only lost faith in their data security now has been in trouble for a long, long time.

by soared 9y ago

ProAm 9y ago

> They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? To be honest, it's already in the wild when they where hacked and everything was stolen. 3 billion accounts. [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/how-the-yahoo-hack-stacks-up-to-previous-data-breaches.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/how-the-yahoo-hack-stacks-up...

soared 9y ago
You could almost argue your data is safer with verizon than with the old yahoo! (Safer, with a hard R. Not safe, just less not-safe)

intopieces 9y ago

The parent comment you're replying to is not telling people they should close their account, or even making a fuss about the data sharing. She's just giving people information that people might find helpful. Services like this often have labyrinthine processes for closing accounts, so it's nice to have a quick link for how to do it.

Bartweiss 9y ago

> They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? This seems like it cuts both ways. To be sure, Yahoo's data handling was reprehensible before the acquisition also. But if this reminds some people to pay attention to that, it's all to the good - I don't actually expect things to get better. Deleting or restricting your Yahoo presence was probably the right decision 1 or 3 or 5 years ago, but that doesn't mean it's wrong now. More broadly, there's normally an argument for distrusting ISPs and mobile carriers even more than internet companies; they can correlate with physical presence, have a history of shockingly immoral behavior, and have repeatedly colluded with state surveillance far beyond what they were compelled to do. I'm not sure how relevant any of that is in Yahoo's case, though, since they've basically alternated between handing user data to the government and handing it to literally everyone in the world. You're certainly right that anyone who only lost faith in their data security now has been in trouble for a long, long time.