If I dump my Yahoo acct., is there a more ethical web based email that

[henslee]

I can switch to?... one that has my back and won't share my search records?

[mdmc]

1. do you use yahoo to search the web?

Who does yahoo give the info to? I have a yahoo account...

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Yahoo complied with the Bush admin request

Hide your porn now!

[Debau2005]

4. I found this link

Google sparks privacy fight: BUT YAHOO, MICROSOFT, AOL TURNED OVER RECORDS FEDS SOUGHT

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/13669361.htm

[rodeodance]

5. yes, microsoft and aol also turned over records

[henslee]

6. No, I do not but if yahoo complied re: their search data, can I really

trust them not to do the same with their email data? I mean, there's nothing too exciting but its just creepy and a violation of trust. I just busted the power company for sharing my email -- resulting in a spam bombardment. I am so fucking sick of the 1984 world we are living in.

[Debau2005]

2. I support gmail.

Google seems to be fighting for our privacy rights, in terms of searching.

[rodeodance]

7. make sure yo tell yahoo the reason why you are dumping them.

[rodeodance]

9. Whalemail or earthlink but i do not their polices about sharing info.

[0007]

8. I use yahoo just for mail....

don't the robots search everything?

[henslee]

10. I said it before. The gov't. is broke and mining our data to track our $

inthe hopes of stumbling on tax fraud or illicit gains.

[0007]

16. Aren't most of us guilty of tax fraud to some degree? Most all that

has filed an income tax return has done little white ambiguous lies.

If they want ya, they'll get you one way or the other.

[ET Awful]

11. A company providing you with free service is less likely to care about

your privacy than your typical ISP, or failing that, your own domain (which can be had very cheaply).

[Warren Stupidity]

12. gmail. Google said no to illegal governmnet subpoena. nt.

[Debau2005]

13. I emailed earthlink

to ask them about their privacy policy. I'll post what I find out.

[madrchsod]

14. opera

mozilla i use those two. google doesn`t work to some email addresses

[ghostsofgiants]

18. How does web browser choice affect email?

[Orsino]

15. Register.com

Invent your own domain, and get web- and SMTP-based e-mail. Since they'd have nothing to do with your web searches, they couldn't give up that info.

Oh, yeah. Be sure to write Yahoo, and tell them exactly why you're dumping them and how much you're going to spend with another company.

[Debau2005]

17. Here is the Earthlink "Stated" policy

I have not had time to wade through it yet.

http://www.earthlink.net/about/policies/privacy/

[flvegan]

19. I vote gmail, too.

I converted recently, and I've been very happy. AND they denied the request for records, unlike Yahoo.