There was actually another reason, even before that one.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-...SKCN12725U
Quote:Serious human rights concerns have been raised by a Reuters report that Yahoo (YHOO.O) had scanned the emails of hundreds of millions of users at the request of a U.S. intelligence service, a United Nations' human rights advocate said on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-...SKCN12725U
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell