Hi,
I believe Yahoo has a little graphic that accompanies each email, which
tracks where you go on the net. I don't know if standard spyware gets rid
of that.
- Jackie McCraw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hoad" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:01 AM
Subject: [VICUG-L] Look Out! Yahoo Tracking
> My suspicious nature has already made me nervous and careful about
> activities with Yahoo! They do not answer their work around for the
> hidden
> graphic that must be typed in (blind folks need the work around) they
> never
> answer their tech questions or anything at their "contact" links at least,
> not in my experience.
>
> Their privacy policy has always had a clause in it that makes your
> ownership
> of anything posted to their groups go away, they own it and can use it if
> they choose.
>
> So, this is the next thing, along with what I believe to be the
> transportation of spywear with their advertisers, this could be slowing
> your
> computer, invading your privacy, and using your computer system for their
> gain.
>
> We must forward this around and encourage any group or organization using
> Yahoogroups to use some other service. I've used Topica (
> www.topica.com )
> and Smartgroups ( www.smartgroups.com ) and there are other list services
> that can push Yahoo away from our machines.
>
> Forward this on, if you would, especially to folks in your address book
> who
> have Yahoo addresses and run Yahoo Groups!
>
>
> Not posting from Windsor Maine;
> Steve Hoad
>
>
> ****Important*****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
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
>
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