[NBLUG/talk] EFF gives Sonic.net only 4-star rating in government privacy report

[Zack Gold]

If you use Yahoo!, I highly recommend you switch to Gmail. Their email
service is, well, "losing ground". They've had numerous issues with spam
over the years, and it hasn't improved much.

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Jordan Erickson <
jerickson at logicalnetworking.net> wrote:

> This is pretty cool. With the normal Slashdot reading came a surprise to
> me today when they mentioned our area's very own Sonic.net in the EFF's
> government privacy report. The report examines 18 major ISPs and rates
> them on how they handle customer privacy when it comes to "the man"
> asking for private information. We should be proud to have such an
> honorable Internet provider's headquarters right in our area.
>
>
> From Executive Summary:
>
> "The Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of 18 major
> Internet companies — including email providers, ISPs, cloud storage
> providers, and social networking sites — to assess whether they publicly
> commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user
> data. We looked at their terms of service, privacy policies, and
> published law enforcement guides, if any. We also examined their..."
> (More: https://www.eff.org/pages/who-has-your-back )
>
>
> Also on Slashdot:
>
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/03/2155225/worst-companies-at-protecting-user-privacy-skype-verizon-yahoo
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jordan Erickson
>
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