Re: [elektron] Check this!
2002-12-05 by Gert van Santen
Ravi Ivan Sharma wrote: > Although some of you may have already seen the following > information, it will probably be new to others of you. It is > important, especially now that your privacy is being threatened on > so many fronts simultaneously. This concerns ANYONE who is either on > any Yahoo mailing list, or who is a member of Yahoo but is not on > any list . Yahoo! is now using something called "Web beacons" to > track Yahoo! users around the Internet and see what you are doing. > Seems these beacons work like cookies. Go to this URL: > http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html > > About halfway down the page (on the right side), in the "Outside the > Yahoo! Network" section, there is a "click here" link at the end of > the paragraph that lets you OPT OUT of their electronic snooping. > Protect your privacy. Pass this info along to all your > buddies/groups too." Also note that: > Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a > specific user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from > each computer or browser that you use. thanx, gert