----- Original Message ---- > From: grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> > To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 10:17:02 AM > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Logging in to Yahoo e-mail accounts now failing??? > > > If yahoo is actually rejecting log-in attempts based on perceived > > geographical information, what do they think that they are achieving? > > I can speak for no one else... however I think that any provider of online > services that does this is foolish.
Do we think they are actually doing this? I've used my Yahoo account all over the world. The timing of this is suspect. They are now rolling out Yahoo! Mail Beta. To use it requires accepting their new terms of service and privacy policy. The biggest change I see is a deeper explanation of their content-based advertising. The good news is that Yahoo is garbage anyway. From http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, birth date, gender, ZIP code, occupation, industry, and personal interests. For some financial products and services we might also ask for your address, Social Security number, and information about your assets. When you register with Yahoo! and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. Yahoo! displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click targeted ads meet the targeting criteria—for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area. From http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/mail/beta/details.html Yahoo! provides personally relevant product features, content, advertising, spam and malware detection by analyzing your email. Some of these features and advertising will be based on our understanding of the content and meaning of your emails. For instance, we analyze email messages to identify key elements of meaning and then categorize this information for immediate and future use. http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/mail/atos.html By using the Services, you consent to allow Yahoo!’s automated systems to scan and analyze all incoming and outgoing communications content sent and received from your account (such as Mail and Messenger content including instant messages and SMS messages) including those stored in your account to, without limitation, provide personally relevant product features and content, to match and serve targeted advertising and for spam and malware detection and abuse protection. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you will not be allowed to opt out of this feature. If you consent to this ATOS and communicate with non-Yahoo! users using the Services, you are responsible for notifying those users about this feature. [End of quoted material.] Notice: Any communications to or from this account may be monitored by Yahoo!, shared with parties they trust, and with people that need to see this them to do their jobs. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
