--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Caliendo Dan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Caliendo Dan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Yahoo Spyware - BEWARE To: "Al Demarzo" <[email protected]> Cc: "Ercoupers Flyin" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 11:00 AM
The other adage to keep in mind: Never put anything on the Internet you wouldn't put on a postcard.Dan C Amen to that! Spook On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Al Demarzo wrote: This comes from a motorcycle group I belong to that chats on Yahoo as we do. Scoundrels that they are, you are being tracked with every site you look at. Read this and do what you feel is best for you. If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now > using "Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. > > It's similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website > and every group you visit, even when you're not connected to Yahoo. > > Look at their updated privacy statement at > http://info. yahoo.com/ privacy/us/ yahoo/details. html > <http://info. yahoo.com/ privacy/us/ yahoo/details. html> > > About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you'll see > a link that says WEB BEACONS. > > Click on the phrase "Web Beacons." > > On the page that opens, on the left find a box entitled "Opt-Out.". > > In that section find "opt-out of interest-matched advertising" link > that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. > > Click it and then click the opt-out button on the next page. > > Note that Yahoo's invasion of your privacy - and your ability to opt- > out of it - is not user-specific. > > It is MACHINE specific. > > That means you will have to opt-out on every computer (and browser) > you use.
