[bookport] Re: An interesting forwardFw: yahoo is watching us
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:29:54 -0500
Hey, Bruce, I like that--"years old news." If it's years old, can it still
be news and if a tree falls in the forest.... <g>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:07 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: An interesting forwardFw: yahoo is watching us
This is years-old news.
Bruce
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, David Bennett wrote:
> As a rule I abstain from sending lots of forwards, especially to groups of
> people, but this is information which I feel most of you will want to
> have.
> It has very little to do with Book Port, so use or delete it at will.
> Again,
> though, a number of you will find it applicable.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Lynn" <freespirit52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "M. World" <michellesworld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mikes Mess"
> <Mikesmess_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "ACB List" <acb-l@xxxxxxx>; "Simons Chat"
> <simonschat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "real eyes" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:06 PM
> Subject: yahoo is watching us
>
>
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>> > This came from the VIP list;
>> > Sharing a tidbit of information:
>> >
>> > 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. 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.
>> >
>> > Feel free to forward this to other groups.
>> Peace & friendship, Nancy Lynn
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