Re: Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

[Guest guest]

Thanks! I added this as a not on FB too, good information.

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> Passed along from another group.......

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[Guest guest]

This is not surprising. Almost every activity we do on the internet

is or can be tracked. Our emails are stored in a central system

somewhere. The internet is not a private place. I learned about

this when I was working in the courts and the Federal investigators

would bring in copies of people's emails that they had obtained from

the ISP under court order. In some case they would search the peoples

computers and get information. It might sound bad but I just assume

that I am being monitored when I am on this thing

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> Passed along from another group.......

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> Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

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> 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

>

> About half-way down the page, in the section on *cookies*, you will

> 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.

>

> Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too,

> but I'm not sure if anyone is listening. I remember when they signed

> all users up to get spam and we had to opt out of that a few years

> ago.

>

> Related article:

> http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm

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[Guest guest]

This is not surprising. Almost every activity we do on the internet

is or can be tracked. Our emails are stored in a central system

somewhere. The internet is not a private place. I learned about

this when I was working in the courts and the Federal investigators

would bring in copies of people's emails that they had obtained from

the ISP under court order. In some case they would search the peoples

computers and get information. It might sound bad but I just assume

that I am being monitored when I am on this thing

>

>

> Passed along from another group.......

>

> Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

>

> 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

>

> About half-way down the page, in the section on *cookies*, you will

> 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.

>

> Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too,

> but I'm not sure if anyone is listening. I remember when they signed

> all users up to get spam and we had to opt out of that a few years

> ago.

>

> Related article:

> http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm

>

[Guest guest]

This is not surprising. Almost every activity we do on the internet

is or can be tracked. Our emails are stored in a central system

somewhere. The internet is not a private place. I learned about

this when I was working in the courts and the Federal investigators

would bring in copies of people's emails that they had obtained from

the ISP under court order. In some case they would search the peoples

computers and get information. It might sound bad but I just assume

that I am being monitored when I am on this thing

>

>

> Passed along from another group.......

>

> Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

>

> 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

>

> About half-way down the page, in the section on *cookies*, you will

> 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.

>

> Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too,

> but I'm not sure if anyone is listening. I remember when they signed

> all users up to get spam and we had to opt out of that a few years

> ago.

>

> Related article:

> http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm

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