[X4U] Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

[Ed Gould]

On Jan 15, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Linda wrote:

> On 1/14/09 5:17 PM, Konrad Waibel wrote:
>
>> This has come up since at least early 2003, and has even appeared on
>> this very list before today.
>
> In fact, Yahoo hasn't changed its policies nor procedures wrt this  
> issue in
> 8 years. If you've opted out in the past and kept your cookie, you  
> should
> still be fine. :-)
>
> It's not a bad idea to check, but this marketing preferences issue  
> is not
> some new Yahoo thing, not at all.
>
> Considering the services Yahoo provides groups for FREE, I'm  
> surprised that
> they allow us to opt-out.
>
> ~Linda
>
Linda:
I cannot really answer your question but look at it this way.
There are MANY users of YAHOO who are lets say novices and do not  
have a clue about how the Internet works. When they see/hear that any  
company is "spying" on them they get scared and run away. There are  
also users that lets say live two different lives one they display  
everyday to their families and one a "private" life.
I would suggest that the people who live two different lives are  
afraid of becoming known (what they do in their "other" life) to  
families and friends.

Ed