A few months ago, Yahoo unilaterally changed privacy settings for Yahooo
account holders. I think it was Cynthia Phinney who first alerted this
list to what was going on. Now it looks like Microsoft is up to the same
sort of tricks. According to Woody's Windows Watch:
"If you signed up for Hotmail - or anything else that uses Passport - more
than a couple of months ago, you may be in for a big surprise. It seems
that Microsoft changed the rules while you weren't looking. Unilaterally,
Microsoft may have granted itself permission to pass along your personal
information to other companies that use Passport on their Web sites. The
personal information includes your email address, your birthday, your
country and zip code, your gender and occupation."
Note that Microsoft Messenger also uses Passport, which is Microsoft's
central database of customer information. There is more information,
including how to check and restore your Hotmail privacy settings, in the
May 21 issue of Woody's Windows Watch, at:
<http://woodyswatch.com/windows/archtemplate.asp?5-08>
Jon
Jonathan Falk
Pine Tree Folk School
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Carmel, ME 04419
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<http://www.ptfolkschool.org>
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