Microsoft Changes Info Sharing Policy on Your Hotmail Account *WITHOUT* Your Permisson

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kru

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hmm...i tried to edit my personal profile and this dialog box popped up asking me to sign up for a .NET passport.

hope that means i don't have any info there for them to distibute. (btw, i signed up for my hotmail account in '97)
 
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dpm

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man, this p!sses me off so bad...
I can understand why they want to do this, and its not like they're deliberately selling our info to spammers (as far as I understand it, this is about sharing info if you choose to use passport) but they should no way make a change like this without telling the users. Trustworthy computing my *** :disgust::|:disgust:
 
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Thegonagle

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Microsoft giving out my Hotmail address, birthdate, country, and occupation (which is listed as "other")?

BFD.
 
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Cerebus451

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Originally posted by: Garfang
Microsoft giving out my Hotmail address, birthdate, country, and occupation (which is listed as "other")?

BFD.
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My thoughts exactly. With the volume of junk mail my Hotmail box gets already, I doubt them giving out my Hotmail address could possibly add to that stack. And if they give out my address and fools think they can reach me through snail mail, well, it takes no effort on my part to carry that crap from the mail box to the trash can. Big whoop.

 
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NikPreviousAcct

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If you were stupid enough to put your real information in there to begin with, you get what you deserve. You're using theri service which they have set into their EULA that they can make changes to anything reguardles.

nik
 
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d33pt

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HAHHAHAHAH goddammit.. i just locked out my hotmail account.. i went in there and started to anonymize it and was putting in random numbers and stuff, well so the bday was 1/1/1999...then i click update as it asks "is your parent with you right now?" and it now wants parental consent.. and to prove that you're a parent you need to give em yer cc for authentication!!!! HAHAHHAHAH like hell am i gonna do that.. those bastards...
 
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kami

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Thanks for the heads up. I only use hotmail for one of my four email accounts, but just recently it has started to get spammed and I have been extremely careful with it. :|
 
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obiwaynekenobi

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.Net was devloped for security issues and being able to produce programs that would be very effecicent at a right rate of speed.

I work for msn and EVERYTHING is built around .NET it's used to make sure you are who you say you are. it keeps things as far as hotmail goes serverside to keep it from being tramitted over the net. it basiclly creates a secure connection. or atleast that is what we are told.

and I did wade through the license agreement. and it does say that MS will not sell your information, to anyone. so if you can prove it you could sue and become a very rich man.

I've not checked this out yet and I am defintly going to.
Kudos and a score 10 to raiden
 
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evergreen96

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Well I don't like to use IE and tried it w/ lastest verison of mozilla 1.0 RC2 to check the share info tab was selected and guess what MS

Browser Not Supported
Microsoft® .NET Passport no longer supports the Web browser version you are using. Please upgrade to a current Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later.


WTF: Mozilla 1.0 > Netscape 4.08

Mozilla (has more enhancements) than Netscape 6.2.1

My guess since MS can manulate setting and gater info from your PC like your Outlook Setting (eg email addy, name.....)

 
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