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Yahoo Dons A Black Hat?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 2 comments
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Competition between Yahoo and its competitors has been pretty fierce at times, and any number of onlookers have compared it to a war or a fight. Now it appears as if Yahoo has thrown the cyber equivalent of a "low blow": The company may be trying to trick users into abandoning Firefox and Google.

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Comments (2)

jsusanka ·
pretty common stuff that all these software companies do.

there is a case in Iowa going on and used this same example in the case about installing a router and the software it came from changed the default browser settings.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070110053805445

I personally think these companies should be raked over the coals for doing this kind of crap. - what gives them the right to change any settings on MY computer just because I want to use their software.

pretty childish stuff.

techiem2 ·
Cuz obviously it's in your best interest!

We all know that those companies always want what's best for the customer!

Wait...that's in another reality. Never mind.

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