Guest guest Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 I checked it out too, it is easy to do and I, for one, dislike such invasions of my privacy! Akiba This is legit, i followed instructions, and it's all there. > > > > > Invasion of privacy - > > Just popping out of Lurkdom to foreward the following > > text which I received from another group. I have > > checked it out by opting out. > > > > Yahoo is now using something called " Web Beacons " to > > track Yahoo > > Group users around the net and see what you're doing > > and where you > > are going similar to cookies. Yahoo is recording > > every website and every group you visit. Take a look > > at their updated > > privacy statement: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy > > > > About half-way down the page, in the section on > > cookies, you will > > see a link that says web beacons. Click on the phrase > > web beacons. > > That will bring you to a paragraph entitled " Outside > > the Yahoo > > Network. " > > > > In this section you'll see a little " click here to opt > > out " > > link that will let you " opt-out " of their new method > > of snooping. > > > > Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted. > > Notice the > > " Success " message on the top of the next page. Be > > careful because > > on that page there is a " Cancel Opt-out " button that, > > if clicked, > > will *undo** the opt-out. > > > > Feel free to forward this to other groups. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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