nklr yahoo is tracking group members (doubleplusungood)

[Lourd Baltimore]

Hey that's nothing! Over Here the government does that for us! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/p ... 439604.ece Cheers. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I just get upset when the cherished rights of the individual get trumped by the "Good Fight" on terrorism/porn/music-piracy/fear-of-the-year. 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a manual. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/1984 Sorry for the rant, but my KLR is waiting for me back in the States to help lower my blood pressure. ________________________________ From: D Critchley To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 7:43:04 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR Yahoo is Tracking Group Members Thank you. DC Paul Antonovich wrote:

> > You may want to Opt Out of Yahoo's marketing tracking mechanism. > Here are the directions on how to do so. > > 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/webbeacons /details. html > > On the left find a paragraph/box entitled "Opt-Out." > > This 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. > > Related article: > http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm > > Please send this to anyone or any group you would like. > > I have also heard that Yahoo goes in and "re-sets" the opt out, so you > may choose to do this every few months > >

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