LL-L "Big Brother" 2004.02.15 (02) [E]

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From: Tom Maguire <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "Big Brother" 2004.02.14 (03) [E]

Lowlands-L wrote:

  > ***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 half-way 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 their new method of snooping. I strongly recommend that
>>you
>>do this.
>>
>>Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
>>"Success"
>>message the top the next page.
> [Dave Singleton]

Thanks for the hint, Davis. An added warning - this only works for the
browser you use to opt out. So if you use different browsers you must
repeat the opt-out operation with each browser.

Regards.

Tom

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