Re: [world-cruising] You might want to opt out of "Web Beacons"

From another group, for info sake.

HJ

Tim Campbell wrote:

> 'Hi Folks,
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>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:
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>http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy
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>About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will see a
>link that says web beacons
>(http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html)
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>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.
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>Feel free to forward this to other groups.
>
>Cheers,
>Robin
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