Comments on: Yahoo Gives Slain Marine’s Family Access to Their Son’s Email http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/yahoo-gives-slain-marines-family-access-to-their-sons-email/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: D.C. http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/yahoo-gives-slain-marines-family-access-to-their-sons-email/#comment-1739 D.C. Tue, 03 May 2005 16:09:16 +0000 /?p=543#comment-1739 Frankly, I wouldn't want my ISP to turn over my email to my family if something happened to me. Email conversations between myself and my friends are private and none of anyone else's business, including my own family's. If I want my online friends informed in the case of something happening to me, then I provide those addresses to a family member and request that those people be informed if something happens to me. As far as business dealings (eBay, online orders) are concerned, any business contacts would already have other contact information (phone number, mailing address) so that they could contact someone in case I were to suddenly drop out of contact. If I'd wanted my family to have access to my email, I'd have given them my username and password in the first place. I suspect that I'm not the only one who feels that way. Just a little something to keep in mind. Frankly, I wouldn’t want my ISP to turn over my email to my family if something happened to me. Email conversations between myself and my friends are private and none of anyone else’s business, including my own family’s. If I want my online friends informed in the case of something happening to me, then I provide those addresses to a family member and request that those people be informed if something happens to me. As far as business dealings (eBay, online orders) are concerned, any business contacts would already have other contact information (phone number, mailing address) so that they could contact someone in case I were to suddenly drop out of contact.

If I’d wanted my family to have access to my email, I’d have given them my username and password in the first place. I suspect that I’m not the only one who feels that way. Just a little something to keep in mind.

]]> By: Zedd http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/yahoo-gives-slain-marines-family-access-to-their-sons-email/#comment-1677 Zedd Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:20:30 +0000 /?p=543#comment-1677 Comment by Spamhuntress: "Well, as long as they’ve got incoming mail, they could ask his friends to send them mail they received from him, assuming they still have it?" Thats a reasonable idea as Yahoo webmail does NOT automatically save "OUTGOING" messages unless configured to do so. This was a fairly popular topic for sometime. Its a fair end to an unfair occurence. Laws are in place for a purpose and Yahoo is a large enterprise that would rather avoid a suit and rule in fairness when ever possible. When I first seen this article I too was kind of upset by the barring of access. But I also work in the field of computing and security and have dealt with many companies. I can tell you, not much is safe these days and MANY companies take security like a grain of "air" and spare the expense on salt! You can blame it on the lower rank employees all you want, I've been thru and worked the ranks. Its the upper eschelon of the company that need to take hold of the horns. As terrible as I felt for the family of this soldier ...these laws are in place for a purpose. - Z Comment by Spamhuntress:

“Well, as long as they’ve got incoming mail, they could ask his friends to send them mail they received from him, assuming they still have it?”

Thats a reasonable idea as Yahoo webmail does NOT automatically save “OUTGOING” messages unless configured to do so. This was a fairly popular topic for sometime. Its a fair end to an unfair occurence. Laws are in place for a purpose and Yahoo is a large enterprise that would rather avoid a suit and rule in fairness when ever possible.

When I first seen this article I too was kind of upset by the barring of access. But I also work in the field of computing and security and have dealt with many companies. I can tell you, not much is safe these days and MANY companies take security like a grain of “air” and spare the expense on salt!

You can blame it on the lower rank employees all you want, I’ve been thru and worked the ranks. Its the upper eschelon of the company that need to take hold of the horns. As terrible as I felt for the family of this soldier …these laws are in place for a purpose.

- Z

]]> By: Spamhuntress http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/yahoo-gives-slain-marines-family-access-to-their-sons-email/#comment-1668 Spamhuntress Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:03:48 +0000 /?p=543#comment-1668 Well, as long as they've got incoming mail, they could ask his friends to send them mail they received from him, assuming they still have it? Well, as long as they’ve got incoming mail, they could ask his friends to send them mail they received from him, assuming they still have it?

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