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01-26-2006, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Miami, Florida, USA
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Is Yahoo watching us?
I received an email from someone that said they read this in an article:
****Subject: Yahoo Security If you belong to ANY Yahoo Group - be aware that Yahoo is now using "Web Beacons" to track the Internet navigation of every Yahoo user. It's similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website and every group you visit -ANYWHERE- on the Internet, even when you're not connected to Yahoo. To stop this privacy invasive surveillance, go to Yahoo's updated privacy statement at: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy 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, find a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network." In that section find a little "Click Here to Opt Out" link that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Be careful (!) NOT to click the button shown on the resulting 'You have opted out successfully' page. It is a "Cancel Opt-out" button that, if clicked, will UNDO the opt-out. Be warned! Important: Yahoo's monitoring -- and your ability to opt-out of it -- is NOT user-specific. It is MACHINE -and- BROWSER specific. ***This means you will have to set the cookie 'Opt-out' on -every- computer and -every- browser you use to access Yahoo and the rest of the Internet. *****Please forward this concern to your other groups.***** Is this true or is it totaly bogus and someone just had a lot of free time on their hands? |
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01-26-2006, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Yeah this is true I've just looked it up
But I think you'll find the whole tracking you OUTSIDE of Yahoo is bogus, but I'm double checking that now. EDIT: I don't know actually it might be doing that actually, best thing is to opt-out lol
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01-27-2006, 12:28 AM
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Diamond Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Atlanta
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people can always track your activity one way or another, not necessarily individuals, but bigger companies I'm sure can. My question is what does it matter? What can yahoo do to you with the information they get, it's notlike they're gonna be opening credit cards up in your name or anything, and if you're doing something THAT illegal to get noticed, well then it's probably better for the rest of us that you get in trouble
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01-27-2006, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Yeah web beacons cannot monitor our internet access outside of the site they are based on.
Besides if your that concerned about being watched, invest in some ip maskers or something (Don't really there illegal)
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