How do you say Yahoo in Chinese?
Once again search engines are giving in to the requests of governments, and this time Yahoo! is the turncoat (for the third time). Apparently, Yahoo! handed some email drafts (that’s right, DRAFTS) over to the Chinese government that led to another arrest.
Now I consider email to be about as secure as a post card, but a draft is more like an incomplete thought or a letter that hasn’t been written. The fact that Yahoo! turned over this information is just as disturbing as the thought of being arrested for a letter that never left your mailbox.
This whole situation is disturbing because more and more big corporations are jumping into bed with our communist allies. Even Bill Gates is now breaking bread with the president of China.
This news should serve as a warning for anyone who actually thinks that their email is truly private.