here is a forwarded message: > >> "Hi folks, > >> > >> In case you are interested in protecting your online privacy: > 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: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy > >> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy > >> > >> 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": > >> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> Notice the "Success" message on the top of the next page. > >> Be careful because on that page there is a "Cancel Opt-out" button > >> that, if clicked, will *undo** the opt-out. > >> > >> Feel free to forward this to other groups." ===== Bakis Siros Parallel Worlds / Polariton Athens-Greece [Doepfer_a100] group owner http://www.shimarecords.co.uk http://www.ward12.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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OT: web beacons!
2005-01-05 by Bakis Sirros
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