yahoo uses web beacons to snoop

[Guest guest]

This came from another group I belong to.

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.

Take a look at their updated privacy statement: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html About half-way down the page, in the section "Outside the Yahoo! Network", you'll see a little "click here" link that will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping. I strongly recommend that you do this. Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the "Success" message the top 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. USUALLY when you click a link, you go to a page that you then click OK to opt-out. In this case, they changed the standard and that tricky little button will CANCEL your opt-out!

Also... please note this little tidbit on that page..

Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a specific user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from each computer or browser that you use.

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for the information. I opted out!!

> This came from another group I belong to.

>

> 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.

>

> Take a look at their updated privacy statement:

> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html

>

> About half-way down the page, in the section " Outside the

Yahoo! Network " , you'll see a little " click here " link that will let

you " opt-out " of their new method of snooping. I strongly recommend

that you do this.

> Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice

the " Success " message the top 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. USUALLY when you click a link, you go

to a page that you then click OK to opt-out. In this case, they

changed the standard and that tricky little button will CANCEL your

opt-out!

>

> Also... please note this little tidbit on that page..

>

> Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a

specific user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from

each computer or browser that you use.