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Secret URL for deleting your Yahoo account.

https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user

Do you seriously think that it is better elsewhere? I think that the NSA and the FBI are out of control...

Of course it's better elsewhere. Many companies are not under US authority. Many provide better security features. Many are not known for having terrible security, or the biggest breach of user data ever.

IIRC, Yahoo has always provided more data not even because they shared it, but because they were so lax with security.

Consider setting up your own mail server. Decentralization is the most effective way of fighting this.

Rent a cheap, dedicated server (a VPS provides poor privacy protection), encrypt the root partition and install sovereign (https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign).

And (sadly) watch as all your outgoing mail is refused from most mail providers.

I have been running my own mail server for more than a decade now and haven't had that problem. If you rent a new server check its IP against the RBLs to see if its burned. If it's bad, request a new IP from your ISP. Other than that, adhere to industry best practices and you're good.

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