Protect your privacy! Don't let yahoo steal your emails.

[hazel]

Yahoo mail is introducing new terms and conditions which, by default, allow them to read your emails (including emails written to you by others). This is supposed to enable them "to give you a better experience" (in other words to target ads at you more efficiently).

To opt out of this go to Yahoo! Privacy Centre

[hans51]

Google potentially does the same as far as I know - when G introduced ads on gmail

the key point to security however is that no matter what you enable or disable or opt in/out
if you leave your own emails on another server but your very own, you absolutely NEVER can secure your email

all it takes is ONE foul egg in your mail provider's staff to steal or manipulate your email any way they love or need
or one hacker to penetrate such a system - it happened some 11 yrs ago with my Y email account, and just a few days ago with a small company that got their Y mail account hacked. If ever Yahoo OR any other major email provider ever would get hacked, chances are that they would do anything and pay nearly any amount to coverup such security breaches just to protect business revenue.

With all the ongoing cellphone account break-ins (UK) and hacker break ins into corporate or government servers,
it is hard to belief that ANYONE really trusts important data to be anywhere else but your very own servers.

to opt out and then belief/hope that those remote corporate people actually honor your privacy would require TRUST into someone totally out of your control

[cousinlucky]

I knew there was something fishy about yahoo's " upgrade " that only would work certain browsers.
Since I use Seamonkey most of the time I was not eligible. Yahoo also turned me off with its recent
" get updates from your friends " which just seemed like an email mining operation. Free email isn't free!!

[hans51]

To trust a corporation . if ever - only is possible if that corporation is financially sound and strong.

If corporations such as Yahoo, MSN or Google are either greedy for maximum profits or global dominance or even worst fighting for bare survival, then the TRUST factor may shrink until gone. People working for such a corporation may adapt same mentality as employer or if employer facing possible take over or default, then employees may get desperate as well and monetize as long as they still are in a position to do so before losing job.

Greed, desire to dominate a global market or fear to default and disappear are dangerous mental conditions/states that leave little room for trust by individuals or companies to build their own success on.

For Yahoo over the past 2 years dropping from #2 to #4 site on the global www market and Yahoo search becoming more and more UN-important on the global sphere, all that is left for Y is its popular mail services to monetize.

The fact that Yahoo ceased multiple major services such as its sale of delicious.com, its closure of Yahoo Buzz, its closure of 2 Yahoo blog sites for users such as pulse.yahoo.com and another Yahoo user-blog ....
leads to the assumption that Y might be desperately fighting for bare survival on the global www planet. IMO, a desperate corporation is a dangerous place for sensitive data in mail or any other place on its company servers.

Another much safer email alternative would be to have a family website or family business website with email accounts for all family members and share the cost. Anything of true importance certainly needs to be worth the single digit monthly $ amount per account.

[MASONTX]

Thanks for the heads up, and the link Hazel.