Yahoo s Spam: Links to Articles

This page compiles pointers to articles that mention the Yahoo Spam Policy change, and the reaction to it. I've given a thumbs up to selected articles that you may find particularly helpful. A separate weblogs section lists weblog entries and other discussion forums that have addressed this issue. Please send me suggestions and additions for this list.

Articles

• The Yahoo Privacy Storm That Wasn't
  Saul Hansell. New York Times. 2002-May-13.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/technology/ebusiness/13YAHO.html
• Yahoo softens privacy policy
  Tim Lemke. Washington Times. 2002-Apr-12.
  http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020412-10494168.htm
• Rising Costs of Free Web E-Mail
  Farhad Manjoo. Wired News. 2002-Apr-12.
  http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51701,00.html
• Privacy Policies Heading Downhill
  Slashdot. 2002-Apr-11.
  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/11/196226
• Seeking Profits, Internet Companies Alter Privacy Policy
  Saul Hansell. New York Times. 2002-Apr-11.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/technology/ebusiness/11PRIV.html
• Just How Trusty Is Truste?
  Paul Boutin. Wired News. 2002-Apr-09.
  http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51624,00.html
• TECHSPLOITATION: Learning to Suck from AOL
  Annalee Newitz. AlterNet. 2002-Apr-09.
  http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12819
• Why Yahoo Is No Longer Good
  Andrew Goodman. Traffick. 2002-Apr-08.
  http://www.traffick.com/story/portals/200204_yahoo_nogood.asp
• Yahoo ignores its customers' privacy wishes
  Dan Gillmor. Mercury News. 2002-Apr-06.
  http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3011749.htm
• Nothing to Yahoo Over New E-Rules
  Michelle Delio. Wired News. 2002-Apr-05.
  http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,51520,00.html
• Yahoo tweaks--confusion by default
  Jim Hu. ZDNet News. 2002-Apr-04.
  http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-875552.html
• Service changes baffle Yahoo customers
  Jim Hu. CNet News.com. 2002-Apr-03.
  http://news.com.com/2100-1023-875322.html
• Yahoo's Privacy Abuse
  Dan Gillmor. SiliconValley.com. 2002-Apr-03.
  http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/2990970.htm
• Yahoo! Rips! Up! Privacy! Policy!
  Andrew Orlowski. The Register. 2002-Apr-03.
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24683.html
• More on Yahoo, seeking revenue, defaults to marketing-email-OK
  Declan McCullagh. Declan McCullagh's Politech. 2002-Apr-03.
  http://www.politechbot.com/p-03345.html
• FC: Yahoo, seeking revenue, now defaults to marketing-email-OK
  Annalee Newitz. Declan McCullagh's Politech. 2002-Apr-02.
  http://www.politechbot.com/p-03333.html
• Yahoo's 'Opt-Out' Angers Users
  Michelle Delio. Wired News. 2002-Apr-02.
  http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51461,00.html
• Yahoo! sneaks in yet more spam
  Bob Sullivan. MSNBC. 2002-Mar-29.
  http://www.msnbc.com/news/731517.asp?0dm=C11JT
• Angry users: Yahoo's setting spam bait
  Jim Hu. ZDNet News. 2002-Mar-29.
  http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-871803.html
• Yahoo users fume over "spam" switch
  Jim Hu. CNet News.com. 2002-Mar-29.
  http://news.com.com/2100-1023-871730.html
• Yahoo weakens privacy policy
  Jason Catlett. Junkbusters. 2002-Mar-28.
  http://www.junkbusters.com/new.html#YHOO
• Yahoo revises privacy policy
  Jim Hu. CNet News.com. 2002-Mar-28.
  http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870270.html

Weblogs

• Seems Nobody Gives A Damn About Privacy
  Slashdot. 2002-May-13.
  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/13/1951224
• Yahoo has quietly changed its privacy policy
  Metafilter. 2002-Mar-30.
  http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/15942
• Yahoo Knows Best, Resets Users' Marketing Prefs
  Slashdot. 2002-Mar-29.
  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/29/1833235

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