Yahoo! Resisted PRISM, And Can Now Prove It

[exfileme]

The Department of Justice must unseal court documents related to a 2008 case.

Yahoo! Resisted PRISM, And Can Now Prove It : Read more

 

[MajinCry]

Microsoft have been making things easier for PRISM to get their guff. So that part of the article, claiming that Microsoft likely fought against PRISM, is nonsense.

 

[koga73]

It's good to know Yahoo fought for users privacy rights... It's too bad the government trampled over them. I switched from Yahoo to Google years many years ago... I may have to switch back to Yahoo as my primary search engine.

 

[nevilence]

looks like it wouldnt matter if ms fought it, yahoo in the end had to bend over and take it anyways. Not that that makes it ok, just it doesnt surprise me ms took it easy, I am surprised however that yahoo kicked and screamed before submitting. good on em

 

[alextheblue]

MS/Google/Yahoo can't fight the NSA in the courts unless the laws change. But MS does review requests for data, and can deny requests if they're not done properly. That's about the only way they can fight back right now. The laws need to change, and the ones at the top that support them should get tossed out of office.

 

[MajinCry]

@Otacon

You must be joking.

Let me give you an example.

http/www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data

 

[CKKwan]

Looks like I have to move back to Yahoo.....

 

[CaedenV]

So let me get this right... Yahoo! fought against a court order and won, and yet this is the same company with such low security standards that they are well known for having the most compromised accounts of any service.

... so even if they resisted how would we ever know that the government didn't get the information anyways?

 

[ojas]

@koga me too, i shut my yahoo account. Looks like i'll switch back as well...it's just too much of an effort lol.

 

[DjEaZy]

Yahoo! Resisted PRISM, And Can Now Prove It? Or Just A Smoke Screen?

 

[abbadon_34]

That's great news, but who still uses yahoo? and for what? 10-15 years ago sure, but now?

 

[Arif Iman]

Has anyone use DuckDuckGo.com.
I think it it one of the alternative search engine worth looking for...

 

[ddpruitt]

@MahinCry

You realize that many have pointed out that the Guardian's stance on this has some serious factual errors right? And when told about these errors they've been very slow to correct them. For example neither MS or Google allowed the NSA "direct access" to their servers, they use sftp. Additionally Yahoo has nothing to loose at this point, the company is still in a tailspin, MS, Google, and Facebook have lots to loose if they attempt to square off with the NSA.

 

[digiex]

"Resistance is futile!"

It is clear now that "prism" is not directed to US of A citizens but directed against the rest of the world.

US of A citizens are already subjected to spying before "prism" is created.

 

[hythos]

Congratulations, Yahoo.
Unfortunately, they're not an ISP (as far as I know), and the data transferred to/from Yahoo via ISP's was still sniffed + recorded.

 

[MajinCry]

@ddprutt

It was an example.

Feel free to, y'know, use google to find others.

 

[Chris Droste]

...says the company that took forever to update to httpS/ for their mail security. can there be any way to make this fight against them seem MORE empty?

 

[teddymines]

So how does "unsealing" documents actually work? Does someone open a special safe containing manilla envelopes glued closed, find the one that says "Yahoo Evidence" and with great pomp and circumstance run a letter opener along the flap. "Voila! These are now Unsealed!"

 

[hiryu]

Yahoo resisted to release users' information to US government but handed in users' information to Chinese Government even the server was not in mainland China and led to a human right activist arrested.
Yeah... We have a choice now, want information in US government's hand or in Chinese government's hand?

 

[_Cosmin_]

Who belive them anyway? It`s just a marketing move...
Forums are full of their users trying to get help with various problems (like forgotten stupid security questions) and they provide no support whastsoever... why would they care now for that users privacy?