Hi folks, to this pretty well quiet group. I just want to pass on a public
service announcement regarding a dumb thing that Yahoo is now doing to
track those that log in to it's services one way or the other. Basically
it has to do with tracking usage when you are outside Yahoo's domain,
something they have ABSOLUTELY NO right to do, and I wish privacy laws
would cover crap like this. Yes, this list if hosted via a Yahoo service,
but it's mostly out of convenience to me. Anyway, the 2 sections below are
all content not written by me but I have followed the instructions for my
own self. Do with it what you want.




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If you have a Yahoo email account, subscribe to Yahoo mailing lists /
Groups, or do anything at Yahoo that required singing in, please listen
up. Yahoo has begun using a new tracking technology, referred to as
Web Beacons, to trace where you surf outside of Yahoo servers. However
- You can opt out!

Here is the mesage I recieved from a Yahoo Group. Just follow the
instructions to opt out of this new snooper. Opting out must be done on
every CPU that you use to log in to Yahoo. Each cnfiguration cookie
must be changed.
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If you're a member of a Yahoo group, read on. 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.

Take a look at their updated privacy statement:

http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html

About halfway down the page, in the section "Outside the Yahoo!
Network," you'll see a little "click here" link that will let you
"opt-out" of this new method of snooping. Once you have clicked that
link, you are opted out and taken to a new page. Notice the "Success"
message at the top the next page.

But be careful because on that page there is a "CancelOpt-out" button
that, if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out.

This is something NEW. Protect yourself if you don't want to be tracked.