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- Llanowar, on 02/21/2009, -5/+220http://www.rorr.im
- t-readyroc, on 02/20/2009, -0/+168Is this not just a setting for Yahoo to say that you gave Facebook permission to do the "Find People You Email" function?
- Naryuu, on 02/21/2009, -4/+125wow relax ffs... facebook wants to "suggest" people you may know from your address books.
- a3r0, on 02/21/2009, -1/+106It's a legit mirror, don't digg him down
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -10/+86Wow...you deserve a cookie. That makes you BETTER and SMARTER than people who use yahoo mail!
- peterjmag, on 02/21/2009, -20/+94***** THE RIAA!
- Biscuitz, on 02/20/2009, -1/+75Um, I believe this is for the "find people you know" function on facebook... I could be wrong, but meh. I don't use Yahooey anyway.
- dgtljunglist, on 02/21/2009, -2/+62Buried for Comic Sans.
...does that make me a snob? - Arkz, on 02/21/2009, -5/+49i use yahoo mail... works fine with thunderbird and why would i change? iv been using it for like 8 years and all sites and shops im registered with are attached to this email, just because google started an email service im supposed to drop my existing one and move to that?
- Stalks, on 02/21/2009, -1/+44Works fine for me. You're broken.
- rameznabel, on 02/21/2009, -3/+45c'mon people this only the agreement to let facebook search in your contact list for the friends , this is not a big deal , or what did you think the first time you subscribe facebook account with yahoo mail the list of friends come from ??
- EggAndMuffin, on 02/21/2009, -2/+40Website is down (for now)
Here are the screenshots for the article:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2263/96658040.png
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8759/66455985.p ... - SSUK, on 02/21/2009, -0/+38Yes, but I back you 100%.
- sloonark, on 02/21/2009, -1/+34Is this the most unnecessary digg submission ever?
- sabach, on 02/21/2009, -2/+33Dugg for Alice the Snorg girl, I haven't seen her since I loaded Adblock Plus.
- stutimandal, on 02/21/2009, -29/+58Who uses Yahoo mail? I moved to Gmail four and a half years ago with my first invite.
- DrunkenPirate34, on 02/21/2009, -8/+33Yep
- Cretius0, on 02/21/2009, -3/+27Down after 70 diggs...
- feliks2, on 02/21/2009, -1/+21xanga lol
- guywithabrain, on 02/21/2009, -11/+31That's pretty crazy that Yahoo! would do that to their users. Almost as crazy as the fact that it's 2009 and Yahoo! still has users.
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -1/+20anyone else get an email to their gmail account saying they won the Australian Lottery for $400k?
- NicePaul, on 02/21/2009, -0/+19If you want to retrieve your Gmail or Yahoo contacts from another application (for instance, "see if any of your Yahoo friends use Facebook") many websites go the awful route of asking for your email username and password. This is bad because it teaches you that it's OK to give out all your passwords anywhere. Facebook currently does this on their 'Find Friends' page: http://www.facebook.com/findfriends.php
A better way that some sites do it is that you click a link and briefly visit the third-party site (like Yahoo Mail) which then says "is it OK for me to share your contacts with X website"? This is much more secure as it gives you total control, without ever giving away your passwords, and once the contacts list has been retrieved, the permission is revoked. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Dopplr and Flickr should all be praised for embracing this way of doing things.
From the screen you posted, it looks like Yahoo are preparing for Facebook to do it this better way instead of asking for your email username and password. Normally they wouldn't need this option to be visible in your settings page, but maybe because Facebook is such a big player in terms of user numbers they have gone that extra step of allowing you to leave it turned on instead of revoking it immediately.
It's really nothing to be worried about. In fact, a big thumbs up to Yahoo and Facebook! - smoothmann, on 02/21/2009, -2/+18I agree, I've been using yahoo mail 8-10 years. I can't help that google jumped on the webmail bandwagon too late.
- Turbojugend27, on 02/21/2009, -10/+26JEsus, people you are using a ***** SOCIAL NETWORKING site that is supposed to connect people, yet you ***** whine and cry about privacy?
Don't use the ***** site then. - dbz253, on 02/21/2009, -0/+15when all else fails
- Splutterbug, on 02/21/2009, -1/+15Isn't this just for checking your address book to find friends? Loads of sites do this, Fuss over nothing.
- Venkatsubramane, on 02/21/2009, -18/+32mirror: http://tinyurl.com/2q575e
- JoeBaynham, on 02/21/2009, -3/+17OMG FACEBOOK HAS ACCESS TO THE NAME AND EMAIL OF MY AUNTTIE BETTY?!?!?
- fancywares319, on 02/21/2009, -0/+14ya i don't see what the big deal is about this
- CDRaff, on 02/21/2009, -0/+13I too back your snobery, I hate the comic sans.
- SpeedStix, on 02/21/2009, -0/+13I won the British Lottery like 10 times already...now what to do once I get all that money? I must be the luckiest person in the world.
Reason I got it on gmail is because I forward my yahoo mail to it. - deealf, on 02/21/2009, -9/+20gmail ftw!
- fwertz, on 02/21/2009, -1/+12You should see what Google and Xanga have planned.
- sirjoebob, on 02/21/2009, -3/+14Thank you. Finally, someone who thinks things through without just throwing on a tinfoil hat and running into the fire....
- RSterkenburg, on 02/21/2009, -0/+10This guy is right, you have to enter your Yahoo! username and password INTO Facebook with their "search through other contact lists" tool before that setting even does anything.
- Vindexus, on 02/21/2009, -4/+13Not because Google started one, but because Google started a better one.
- Escmymind, on 02/21/2009, -1/+10Google much?
and I think Flickr is one of the main reasons for yahoo still being around... - buddamus, on 02/21/2009, -1/+9What is the yahoo sushi application?
- walrusonion, on 02/21/2009, -0/+8i use it for porn emails
- astorygirl, on 02/20/2009, -8/+16I'm going to check that in my account now...
- nazsco, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7The poster specifically clicked on a link in a facebook app to tell yahoo that he want's to give facebook (and said app) access to his address book!!
He is a moron and is posting an image out of context.
the sucker should learn how to read and not just go clicking anything an facebook app show him.
Yahoo is doing the right thing informing the guy what he's trying to do before he accepts. - ayeroxor, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7Think about it. The only way the site could possibly know what you're trying to find would be referrers. You probably have them disabled.
- nazsco, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7them thumb he up and does not contribute to the noise.
- lvizon, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7that chick on the snorg tees ad is kinda cute. wait. how the hell did that get past adblock plus??
- se1zure, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7Wow this writer is an idiot. Every popular webmail client does this with facebook. it makes it easy to find the people you email most automatically when setting up a facebook.
- psolms, on 02/21/2009, -1/+7lol... the number 1 site.. good one...
oh.. you were serious. my bad. - lvizon, on 02/21/2009, -0/+6replied.
- Archer007, on 02/21/2009, -0/+6Mailbox, Open Mailbox!
- remotehuman, on 02/21/2009, -0/+6ah, yes the kingdom of loathing.
- wolfing, on 02/21/2009, -0/+6Sheesh, it's an *option* and it's off by default, so stop the melodrama
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