it's called a "web beacon", do a google search. yahoo has publicly announced their desire/plans to have a "web beacon" on every machine connected to the net.
the implications reach far beyond advertising, considering all of this is readily available to any 3 letter federal agency, probably without even a court order as companies like yahoo and ebay generally hand out all kinds of information based on as little as a faxed request on official looking letter head or even a phone call (read the info on the ebay site, they do not try to hide it per se, it's just that most people don't bother to read everything or care). statistical information is notorious for pointing in all kinds of insane directions. given the current legal situation this does represent a serious threat to your civil liberties and privacy, and a chance, though remote, of a "flash bang" (more accurately a concussion grenade, which so overloads the nervous system that people exposed to one usually lose control of their bowel, and every other system, and they can be lethal or cause permanent injury very easily, they are classified as "destructive devices" by atf, just like Molotov cocktails) being fired into your' window. i have known someone who had this surprise when the cops got the wrong trailer! (yes, the fabled "they wanted the one next door" situation, it happens all the time). frankly, it's really getting hard to know what is and isn't paranoid. there are people and agencies mad with power and virtually no liability, certainly no personal liability for being overly aggressive. not that this is entirely new, but it's now more official and widespread which means far more prevalent. even current employees of the fbi who've been there for decades say it's ridiculous, and they are hardly left-wing conspiracy theory nuts, they are well screened long term federal law officers, many with law degrees. James Fraser wrote: > > on 12-4-04 6:11 PM, Chuck & Kim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I want this because I am a bit rebellious. > > Yahoo is tracking people's footprints on the internet, by their IP addy. > > Sorry... > > Does this mean that: > > Yahoo is keeping track of people navigating around the yahoo.com site > > or > > If Yahoo is your ISP, they are keen to track where you go and what you see > > or > > Yahoo is not your ISP, but they attempt to track your movements after you've > left their site and gone to another? ------- -- Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. Why is he there? And I tell you this morning that he's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this: Lt Gen William Boykin, speaking of G. W. Bush, New York Times, 17 October 2003 = God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he was sent to us by God to save Germany. Hermann Goering, speaking of Hitler -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
