Item 25 sums it all up. His parents have no legal recourse to get their son's account. I must have missed Mary's post earlier in the week somehow, vacations will do that to ya :-)
Heck, they probably already have their son's account information anyway... I'm sure that someone, somewhere, hacked his account and gave them the information. Or maybe they just guessed the PW.... Ex > -----Original Message----- > From: James Tucker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:02 PM > To: Mary Landesman > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] This sums up Yahoo!s security > policyto a -T- > > > I agree wholeheartedly. > > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:05:55 -0500, Mary Landesman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While I feel great compassion for the deceased Marine's father, I do not > > believe that grief should override security, privacy, terms of > service, and > > good judgement. Any email Justin Ellsworth wished his father to > have could > > reasonably be expected to have been sent to his father prior to Justin's > > death - by Justin, of course. Any email destined for other > persons is not - > > nor should it ever be - the property of anyone other than Justin and the > > person to whom the email was sent. > > > > If Justin wanted his father to inherit his email account, he > would/should > > have provided his dad with the logon info. > > > > Excerpted from Yahoo's ToS agreement: > > -------------------- > > 21. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES > > > > You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this > TOS, there > > shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement. > > -------------------- > > > > And under item 25 (General Information): > > > > -------------------- > > No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree > that your Yahoo! > > account is non-transferable and any rights to your Yahoo! I.D. > or contents > > within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of > a copy of a > > death certificate, your account may be terminated and all > contents therein > > permanently deleted. > > -------------------- > > > > As a Yahoo member, I would expect these terms to be enforced. > > > > It is tragic that a father lost his son. It is understandable that the > > father wishes to gain access to every word his son ever typed. But, no > > matter how cold it may seem, just because it is understandable > doesn't make > > it right. > > > > Now, if there were reason to believe that a crime had been committed and > > that evidence lies in the email, that's a different story. In > such a case, I > > believe the email should be turned over to the authorities. But > absent legal > > need, turning over email to a grieving parent/spouse/child is a > dangerous > > and undesirable precedent. > > > > Yahoo should be applauded for protecting the privacy of its members. > > Frankly, I am shocked that many members of this particular list > seem to feel > > otherwise. As it stands, Yahoo's security policy suits me to a -T-. > > > > -- Mary > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
