Fwd: FW: Yahoo has been spying on your computer.

Jeffrey M. Swiger N8NOE at comcast.net
Sat Jan 18 14:31:08 PST 2003


> Subject: Yahoo has been spying on your computer.
>
> I received this email today form a YahooGroups Users.
> Please pass the word to your friends.
>
> Yahoo has been spying on your computer.
> I have finally figured it out and here is their admission
> and how you get out of it.  They are using something they
> call "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group users around the net
> and see what you're doing -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.
> Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the
> "Success" message at the top of the next page.
>
> (If this URL doesn't work, then go back to
> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html
> and you will find Web beacons in the section on Cookies.)
>
> BE CAREFUL because on that page there is a "Cancel Opt-out" button
> that, if clicked, will *undo** the opt-out.
>
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