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I'm pretty sure this is what Gmail has been doing for a while (though this sounds a little worse because of the "bully" angle), but this is clearly a Marissa Meyer change.

This is the cost of "free" email, I guess. Really makes you reconsider our humble little thread on an offshore email.

Full story.

Quote:Yahoo to Users: Let Us Read Your Emails or -- Goodbye!

May 30, 2013

NEW YORK - As of June 1, all Yahoo email users are required to upgrade to the company's newest platform, which allows Yahoo to scan and analyze every email they write or receive. According to Yahoo's help page, all users who make the transition agree to let the company perform "content scanning and analyzing of your communications content" to target ads, offer products, and perform "abuse protection."

This means any message that Yahoo's algorithms find disturbing could flag a user as a bully, a threat, or worse. At the same time, Yahoo can now openly troll through email for personal information that it can share or hold onto indefinitely. See: http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=cont...id=SLN3254
Archived at: Yahoo mail upgrade.

Gay and haven't come out yet? Yahoo knows. Having an affair? Your spouse may not know — but Yahoo does. Any interests, ailments or projects you'd rather not share? You're sharing them with Yahoo, perhaps forever.

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