Yahoo, formerly an online services behemoth, has been plagued by a myriad of issues. Among the most recent of which is the recent the revelation that Yahoo suffered the largest ever data breach.
To add to the initial security failure, Yahoo failed to notify its users of the breach - http://fortune.com/2016/09/23/yahoo-is-sued-for-gross-negligence-over-huge-hacking/
While in the process of selling the company Yahoo also failed to notify Verizon - http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/technology/verizon-yahoo-data-breach/index.html
Yahoo was legally required to notify the SEC. Again, they failed to do so - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/09/28/could-yahoo-be-in-trouble-with-the-sec/
To make matters worse news reports now reveal that Yahoo secretly monitored ALL emails on behalf of the US government. Something that its competitors (Microsoft and Google) claim not to have done.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/04/yahoo-secret-email-program-nsa-fbi
Yahoo has justifiably been described as "a toxic surveillance liability" as a result of its behaviour. The right to privacy is recognized by the UNHCR, individuals have a right to private communication.
Yahoo isn't as popular as it once was and has been shedding users for years as a result of peculiar design and implementation decisions. The latest news cycle has lead to yet another mass exodus away from Yahoo services, here is how to make a clean break from Yahoo mail:
Close your Yahoo account
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Go to the "Terminating your Yahoo account" page. - If you use a phone number to sign in, visit https://login.yahoo.com/account/action/delete_user the instead.
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Read the info under "Before continuing, please consider the following information."
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Click Terminate
this Account.
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