The Daily Dose

Yahoo has been accused of sending more than 500,000 users spam text messages welcoming them to Yahoo Messenger, without their permission. In the case, a user claims to have received welcome messages from Yahoo immediately after getting automated spam messages from another Messenger user. Today that case has been granted class-action status by a Chicago federal judge for sending unsolicited advertising messages. A similar, strange case was bought to court in 2014 when a user purchased a used T-Mobile smartphone that kept delivering messages meant for another Yahoo user. The class action law suit, which will go to trial following today’s ruling, charges…

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