Yahoo Mail Classic shutting down today. The “New, Improved” version introduces “Automated Content Scanning”.

from JoeUser Forums

 

Great. Yahoo has joined the Empire. Your “New” Yahoo Mail will now scan the contents to bring you “relevant” ads. Who knows what else it will do (check this out)? 

“When you upgrade, you will be accepting our Communications Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This includes the acceptance of automated content scanning and analyzing of your communications content, which Yahoo! uses to deliver product features, relevant advertising, and abuse protection.” – Yahoo

Sound familiar? Sound just like Google?

BUT, you don’t have to knuckle under to this unwarranted prying into your private emails. About the “what else”, I doubt there’s much you can do.

“When you upgrade to the new Yahoo Mail, Yahoo will scan your mail contents and display relevant ads. However, if the user doesn’t want these ads to be shown, he can opt out of this facility using “Ad Interest Manager” by changing the settings any time.” – The Windows Club

You can opt out of this however, using the link above (Ad Interest Manager). It should bring you to this page. You can proceed to configure it as you please.

 

 

You can also download your email using IMAP apps like Outlook or Mac Mail.

Source:

http://news.thewindowsclub.com/yahoo-mail-classic-shut-version-introduce-automated-content-scanning-62771/

28,817 views 13 replies
Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:thumbsup:

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yahoo will scan your mail contents and display relevant ads. However, if the user doesn’t want these ads to be shown, he can opt out of this facility
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That translates as....'you may not see the ads but your content will still be scanned'.

Just to be clear....;p

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sound familiar? Sound just like Google?
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And Hotmail.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting kona0197, reply 3


Sound familiar? Sound just like Google?

And Hotmail.
End of kona0197's quote

Hotmail/Outlook.com doesn't scan your email for ads.

 

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 4


Quoting kona0197, reply 3

Sound familiar? Sound just like Google?

And Hotmail.

Hotmail/Outlook.com doesn't scan your email for ads.

 
End of Island's quote

Beat me to it.

Also, kona...it's now Live.com

 

as to the other forms of scanning, Jafo... I snuck in a link to here: 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html#ixzz1w1SkH6gY

And that's the government doing it...yet another end run around those pesky First and Fourth Amendments.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 4


Quoting kona0197, reply 3

Sound familiar? Sound just like Google?

And Hotmail.

Hotmail/Outlook.com doesn't scan your email for ads.

 
End of Island's quote

 

it's run by the same company that already admitted scanning SkyDrive folders, so i wouldn't count on it. ;)

i don't have a problem with it in general, it sure helps the Gmail spam filter, haven't seen spam in my inbox since years. you can't really expect absolute privacy with a free service.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I read it somewhere that Microsoft does indeed scan emails just like Gmail.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Precisely.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Interesting. Thanks. I'll still stick to Gmail.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 8

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/08/how-microsoft-will-profit-off-webmail-without-reading-your-inbox/

 
End of Island's quote

 

right in this article they already admit that they do scan your mail to a small extent. wether one wants to believe that this is all there is depends on how much a fan of Microsoft or how much a cynic one is. ;)

Quoting your,

Bruce Hall, general manager of Windows Live and Internet Explorer, told her Outlook.com would rely on its newsletter filter, which grays out mailing-list messages you likely never read, to engage in some modest ad-targeting based on the newsletter’s sender.
End of your's quote

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting moshi, reply 11
right in this article they already admit that they do scan your mail to a small extent. wether one wants to believe that this is all there is depends on how much a fan of Microsoft or how much a cynic one is.

End of moshi's quote

Could be, but Google is an ad company.  Microsoft isn't. ;)

 

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 12


Quoting moshi, reply 11right in this article they already admit that they do scan your mail to a small extent. wether one wants to believe that this is all there is depends on how much a fan of Microsoft or how much a cynic one is.



Could be, but Google is an ad company.  Microsoft isn't.

 
End of Island's quote

 

oh they are one too, they are just not good at it. else you folks at Wincustomize probably would use Yahoo Bing Network (Media.net) instead of Google Adsense. ;)