Oh well, I wonder if that is where a lot of my spam is coming from.

--Lou K2LKK



At 02:40 PM 1/3/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>This is really old.  That web beacon thing has been on Yahoo since 2003.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:33 PM
>Subject: Yahoo is Tracking Group Members
>
>
>FYI, I have already opted out!
>
>Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>Skype, bobtinn
>Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it interesting!
>
>Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 12:24 AM
>Hello all, I've received this via e-mail from another ham from
>another Yahoo group and thought you may be interested in reading
>this. I have not as of yet changed my setting but wanted to bring
>it to your attention in case you wanted to do so for yourself
>73 W8RIT
>"Attention Group this has recently come up, and personally I would
>advise all members to follow the link, and opt out as suggested.
>Whether you do or not is entirely upto you of course.... I have :-).
>See Below
>Dave G3VFP
>------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
>As part of our continuing efforts to serve our list-members we will
>pass along any general Yahoo Groups-related announcements that are of
>relevance to all of you such as the one below:
>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.
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
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