OT - WARNING - Yahoo Groups

Found on another group (sci.archaeology). Thought I'd pass it along.

Starry Skies,
Rich




A number of us subscribe to Yahoo Groups of one kind or another. The
following may be of interest.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++
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.

Have a look at their updated privacy statement at:
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 blue-colored, "click here" link that
will let you "opt out" of this new feature.

Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
"Success" message at the top the next page. Be careful here...,
because on that page, there's a "Cancel Opt-out" button, just
below it, that if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. Feel free
to forward this to other groups.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++

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.

Interesting; I never load images anyway, not that I care about tracking
and such. Yahoo are very welcome to track my every move, put cameras
in the house, install listening devices in every room, and tap my phone.

;-)

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.

Interesting; I never load images anyway, not that I care about tracking
and such. Yahoo are very welcome to track my every move, put cameras
in the house, install listening devices in every room, and tap my phone.

;-)

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:08:03 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++
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.

Have a look at their updated privacy statement at:
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 blue-colored, "click here" link that
will let you "opt out" of this new feature.

Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
"Success" message at the top the next page. Be careful here...,
because on that page, there's a "Cancel Opt-out" button, just
below it, that if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. Feel free
to forward this to other groups.

A follow-up to this - You must have cookies enabled for the opt-out
function to work. Also, unless you want to re-do the opt-out
procedure each time you go online, you must not delete the Yahoo
cookie. Yahoo has become a bit of a PITA.

Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
"Don't Look Down"

http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:08:03 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++
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.

Have a look at their updated privacy statement at:
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 blue-colored, "click here" link that
will let you "opt out" of this new feature.

Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
"Success" message at the top the next page. Be careful here...,
because on that page, there's a "Cancel Opt-out" button, just
below it, that if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. Feel free
to forward this to other groups.

A follow-up to this - You must have cookies enabled for the opt-out
function to work. Also, unless you want to re-do the opt-out
procedure each time you go online, you must not delete the Yahoo
cookie. Yahoo has become a bit of a PITA.

Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
"Don't Look Down"

http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/

Well I have to ask why do you go there to read the groups? Don't you have
them send you the plain text format to your email address?

Martin Poles

"WayneH" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:08:03 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++
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.

Have a look at their updated privacy statement at:
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 blue-colored, "click here" link that
will let you "opt out" of this new feature.

Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
"Success" message at the top the next page. Be careful here...,
because on that page, there's a "Cancel Opt-out" button, just
below it, that if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. Feel free
to forward this to other groups.

A follow-up to this - You must have cookies enabled for the opt-out
function to work. Also, unless you want to re-do the opt-out
procedure each time you go online, you must not delete the Yahoo
cookie. Yahoo has become a bit of a PITA.

Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
"Don't Look Down"

http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/

Well I have to ask why do you go there to read the groups? Don't you have
them send you the plain text format to your email address?

Martin Poles

"WayneH" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:08:03 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++
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.

Have a look at their updated privacy statement at:
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 blue-colored, "click here" link that
will let you "opt out" of this new feature.

Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
"Success" message at the top the next page. Be careful here...,
because on that page, there's a "Cancel Opt-out" button, just
below it, that if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. Feel free
to forward this to other groups.

A follow-up to this - You must have cookies enabled for the opt-out
function to work. Also, unless you want to re-do the opt-out
procedure each time you go online, you must not delete the Yahoo
cookie. Yahoo has become a bit of a PITA.

Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
"Don't Look Down"

http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 04:56:25 GMT, "MartyP"
wrote:

Well I have to ask why do you go there to read the groups? Don't you have
them send you the plain text format to your email address?

Nope.

Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
"Don't Look Down"

http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 04:56:25 GMT, "MartyP"
wrote:

Well I have to ask why do you go there to read the groups? Don't you have
them send you the plain text format to your email address?

Nope.

Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
"Don't Look Down"

http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 03:51:41 GMT, WayneH wrote:

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:08:03 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++
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.
[snip]

A follow-up to this - You must have cookies enabled for the opt-out
function to work. Also, unless you want to re-do the opt-out
procedure each time you go online, you must not delete the Yahoo
cookie. Yahoo has become a bit of a PITA.

If you don't have cookies enabled, the "beacon" won't work anyway, so
there's nothing to opt-out of.


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- Mike

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