[Am-info] Hotamil silently changes user preferences

[Roy Bixler]

On Thursday 16 May 2002 10:18, Roy Bixler wrote:
> This story involves personal privacy settings in Hotmail accounts and
> silent addition of preferences which are "yes" by default and give
> Hotmail "permission" to share users' information with its marketing
> partners.  So far, it looks like the only Microsoft responce to this
> is that "users signed up for this."  I wonder if it also affects their
> paying MSN.com customers.
>
> 'Soft Talk: Hotmail pushes for revenue
> http://www.eastsidejournal.com/sited/story/html/92560

And here's the Microsoft spin on things:

MS hits out at Passport privacy slur
http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=53399

Fair use: "But Microsoft has now announced it has not in fact altered 
anything instead it claims it is making the software even safer to ensure 
users' data will remain private."

Sounds like the "big lie" or at least very strange ...

R.