Yahoo overshare
Aug. 17th, 2010 12:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceruleancatYahoo now shares information of users online activity with their contacts.
That means everyone on your contact list -- including your mom or work colleagues -- gets updated on what you do on any account that is linked to your yahoo info, including which contacts you talk to and where you've posted a comment.
The default setting is sharing and you have to go and actively change a whole set of entries or hide the profile to maintain your privacy. The profile cannot be deleted, so hide seems the best option for privacy.
The settings are at pulse.yahoo.com
Login is the usual yahoo one.
Click Settings (upper-right side of the page). >> Under "Privacy" click Manage Privacy Settings. >> Check the box next to “Hide my profile”. >> Click Save.
Settings >> Under "Updates" click Manage Updates. >> uncheck the box next to “Share my updates”. >> Click Save
According to yahoo "Visitors to your page see a gray face, your display name, and a message stating that you’ve hidden your profile. People, including your connections, won’t be able to search for you, contact you through Yahoo! Pulse, or invite you to connect."
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If you want partial sharing, you should go through all parts of settings and figure out what you want to share and with who.
It's a good idea to check the sharing vs. privacy settings on other services as well. I have a vague recollection gmail did something similar.
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Info from yahoo:
How do I manage my privacy settings? http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/pulse/infopage/pinfopage-06.html
How do I link or unlink my Yahoo! account and my other social network accounts? http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/pulse/socialnetwork/psnetwork-08.html
That means everyone on your contact list -- including your mom or work colleagues -- gets updated on what you do on any account that is linked to your yahoo info, including which contacts you talk to and where you've posted a comment.
The default setting is sharing and you have to go and actively change a whole set of entries or hide the profile to maintain your privacy. The profile cannot be deleted, so hide seems the best option for privacy.
The settings are at pulse.yahoo.com
Login is the usual yahoo one.
Click Settings (upper-right side of the page). >> Under "Privacy" click Manage Privacy Settings. >> Check the box next to “Hide my profile”. >> Click Save.
Settings >> Under "Updates" click Manage Updates. >> uncheck the box next to “Share my updates”. >> Click Save
According to yahoo "Visitors to your page see a gray face, your display name, and a message stating that you’ve hidden your profile. People, including your connections, won’t be able to search for you, contact you through Yahoo! Pulse, or invite you to connect."
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If you want partial sharing, you should go through all parts of settings and figure out what you want to share and with who.
It's a good idea to check the sharing vs. privacy settings on other services as well. I have a vague recollection gmail did something similar.
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Info from yahoo:
How do I manage my privacy settings? http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/pulse/infopage/pinfopage-06.html
How do I link or unlink my Yahoo! account and my other social network accounts? http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/pulse/socialnetwork/psnetwork-08.html