From: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org (support-system-digest) To: support-system-digest@smoe.org Subject: support-system-digest V8 #46 Reply-To: support-system@smoe.org Sender: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk support-system-digest Monday, May 16 2005 Volume 08 : Number 046 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [support-system] off topic/non-liz.....for Yahoo users ["DarkSide oftheMo] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 01:10:54 -0400 From: "DarkSide oftheMoon" Subject: [support-system] off topic/non-liz.....for Yahoo users I know this is off-topic but thought the following article might be of value to Yahoo users. In this day of ID theft, spam and whatnont it can't hurt. I did it and it worked just fine. Note that it works on your individual BROWSER, NOT YOUR YAHOO ID. DarkSide oftheMoon - ----------------------------------------- Yahoo tracks all of its users everywhere on the web and the way to opt-out is detailed below. If you have a Yahoo e-mail account or belong to one of Yahoo's many Yahoo groups, this probably applies to you. Yahoo has probably been tracking everything you do online. Follow the instructions precisely to opt out of this. Notice the important part at the very end. "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. Yahoo is recording every website and every group you visit. Take a look at their updated privacy statement: 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. http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html That will bring you to a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network." In this section you'll see a little "click here to opt out" link that will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping. Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted. Notice the "Success" message on the top of the next page. Be careful because on that page there is a "Cancel Opt-out" button that, if clicked, will **undo** the opt-out. So don't reflexively click that button, or you will undo the opt-out ! Feel free to forward this to other groups." ------------------------------ End of support-system-digest V8 #46 ***********************************