Yahoo has officially begun an ambitious recycling of unused account names. Last month, it launched a plan to deactivate old accounts that hadn't been used in the past year, freeing up short and desirable email addresses for a new batch of people. Now, it's started doling out the very first repurposed names. If you put your top five choices on a wish list by August 7th, Yahoo will let you know today if one of them is available. If not, you'll be automatically moved to a "watch list," which will keep your picks queued up for three years. As old accounts go dark, Yahoo will dole them out accordingly.
The plan to resurface old addresses fits with an effort to revamp Yahoo's oft-ignored email and web tools, but it's raised privacy and...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/26/4660628/yahoo-starts-recycling-old-usernames-charges-1-99-for-new-requests
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