Reuters: Yahoo Inc disabled automatic email forwarding at the beginning of the month, the Associated Press reported, citing several users.
While those who have set up forwarding in the past are unaffected, users who would want to leave following recent hacking and surveillance revelations are struggling to shift to rival services, the AP reported on Monday. (apne.ws/2dKpUW3)
The company has been under scrutiny from investors after disclosing last month that at least 500 million user accounts were stolen from its network in 2014. MORE
wonder if their going to work on that whole password security feature ?
Should rename this HACKYOO. They are in the left’s pockets so deep, they deserve to crash and burn. Every editorial comment they put on their site trashes Trump, trashes America, and lifts Hitlery.
I realize it’s a PITA to transfer emails one by one, but damn, the time it takes you to get mad and complain, you could have bulk emailed them to another account. Yahoomail gets hacked every 5 minutes, so you shouldn’t be using them for anything.
I’m no Anthony Weiner or Hitlery, so Yoohoos’ hackers can rake over my emails all they want. I socialize in person, not on the innertubes.
Why call it Mail?
We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Yahoo! ‘s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.
This company is the very definition of Jonathon Swift’s “yahoos”. (I loved the way Ted Danson portrayed them in the TV movie).
I had to sit through a class with that Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO. I’d say she’s just barely on this side of being certifiably nutty. Definitely annoying.