雅虎窺探你的電子郵件是否對？

雅虎窺探你的電子郵件是否對？
Is it right for Yahoo! to snoop on your emails?
by Arlene Martin,
Assistant Computing Editor
24 June 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog

Yahoo! Mail plans to snoop on your emails. Accepting its updated T&Cs give it the right to read your messages and target relevant advertising. Would you be happy if your emails were analysed in this way?
雅虎郵件計劃窺探你的電子郵件，接受它的更新T＆Cs就會給它權利去閱讀您的訊息，及成為相關廣告的目標。你會否高興如果你的電子郵件以這種方式被分析？

It’s eight in the evening, you’re juggling a glass of wine and a sneaky fag in one hand, while emailing away with the other. You’re venting to your best friend about the latest slings and arrows of outrageous fortune to have befallen your life; secure in the knowledge that nobody’s eavesdropping on your conversation.

Well, before you raise your glass in a congratulatory toast at this self recognition, you need to revisit that last comment, especially if Yahoo! Mail (Yahoo!) is your email service provider.

Why? Because Yahoo! Mail, Which? Computing has learned, is currently in the process of updating its terms and conditions to allow it to read and analyse its customers’ emails and messaging content.
為什麼呢？因為雅虎郵件，那？電腦已知道，目前在過程更新它的條款和條件，以使其能夠讀取和分析客戶的電子郵件和信息內容。

雅虎郵件的更新條款和條件
Yahoo! Mail’s updated T&Cs
The world’s largest email provider has said that if you agree to its Additional Terms of Service (ATOS), you’re giving it your express permission to scan and analyse the content of any electronic correspondence sent by your account.

Why is it scanning your emails? In short, to target relevant content and advertising – this is something the email provider lets you opt-out of, but not the scanning itself.

To a certain extent we have no issue with this, if consent is being given freely. The only thing we would say is make sure you read the T&Cs, because if you don’t you’re in for a nasty shock. We do, however, have an issue with Section C. of the ATOS, which states:

‘By using the Services, you consent to allow our automated systems to scan and analyse all incoming and outgoing communications content sent and received from your account (such as Mail and Messenger content including instant messages and SMS messages).
“通過使用服務，您同意容許我們的自動化系統掃描和分析所有從你您的帳戶（例如Mail和Messenger內容包括即時消息和短信）發送和接收的傳入和傳出的通訊內容。
‘If you consent to this ATOS and communicate with non-Yahoo! users using the Services, you are responsible for notifying those users about this feature.’
'如果你同意這 ATOS和與非雅虎！用戶通訊使用服務，你要負責通知那些用戶有關這一功能。'

In other words, it’s saying that it will go on to do the same with any emails sent to your inbox, even if these senders have not given their express consent for this to take place (as they may not use Yahoo! Mail).

發件人能否真的給予同意？
Can senders really give consent?
Yahoo! also says it’s apparently down to you to notify senders that their emails are now being analysed, which implies that once this has taken place senders have given their consent. Obviously, we have concerns with this, our main one being whether it’s even possible to get consent vicariously?

We’ve put a few of these questions to the Home Office and will update you as soon as we hear from it. In the meantime, if you object to Yahoo!’s new terms, we suggest you switch to a different email provider.

http://conversation.which.co.uk/technology/yahoo-email-snooping-messages-online-privacy/