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May 2nd, 2010, 01:51 AM
If you use Hotmail ( and I couldnt imagine why !!)
This might be of interest
http://windowssecrets.com/2010/04/22/01-Hotmails-social-networking-busts-your-privacy
Why would MS leave every privacy option "open to the max" by default ??
This is disturbing:
-{ Quote: "In its rush to take on Facebook and Google Buzz, Microsoft is now collecting and displaying personal information on your Hotmail page — information you may never have wanted to broadcast.
Exactly how it's mining this information is something of a mystery...
I'll give two examples where the source of the new Hotmail content mystifies me. I made a comment on December 11, as shown in Figure 1, but I have no idea where Microsoft found that text. (You won't find it searching on Google or Bing.) What's new also says that I commented on Kim's file — but I have no idea who Kim is. Clicking through on the linked PDF e-book turns up a dead link. By clicking on Kim, I discovered that she is or was a marketing manager at Microsoft Press. But I still have no idea how she ended up as a What's new link with my name on it.
I'll readily confess that I don't recall every I agree button I've ever pushed. But I'm reasonably certain I've never given Microsoft permission to mash together information about a woman I've never heard of and stick it under my name on other people's Hotmail pages." }-
:what:
Beautiful. LOL.
This might be of interest
http://windowssecrets.com/2010/04/22/01-Hotmails-social-networking-busts-your-privacy
Why would MS leave every privacy option "open to the max" by default ??
This is disturbing:
-{ Quote: "In its rush to take on Facebook and Google Buzz, Microsoft is now collecting and displaying personal information on your Hotmail page — information you may never have wanted to broadcast.
Exactly how it's mining this information is something of a mystery...
I'll give two examples where the source of the new Hotmail content mystifies me. I made a comment on December 11, as shown in Figure 1, but I have no idea where Microsoft found that text. (You won't find it searching on Google or Bing.) What's new also says that I commented on Kim's file — but I have no idea who Kim is. Clicking through on the linked PDF e-book turns up a dead link. By clicking on Kim, I discovered that she is or was a marketing manager at Microsoft Press. But I still have no idea how she ended up as a What's new link with my name on it.
I'll readily confess that I don't recall every I agree button I've ever pushed. But I'm reasonably certain I've never given Microsoft permission to mash together information about a woman I've never heard of and stick it under my name on other people's Hotmail pages." }-
:what:
Beautiful. LOL.