----- Original Message ----- From: "firoz" <firojjee@xxxxxxxxx> To: bsftb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:41 PM Subject: [BSFTB] yahoo is tracking you > Subject: YAHOO IS TRACKING YOU > > Yahoo is tracking you - OPT OUT Attention Members! DND ! This is an off topic > but may be of interest to some, If not, then sorry, just passing on what I > thought important, if not, don't want to cause alarm, but if it is of > interest then it may be of great benefit. > Â > Yahoo is Tracking Group Members If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware > that Yahoo is Now using "Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. It's > Similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website and Every group > you visit, even when you're not connected to Yahoo. Look at their updated > privacy statement at http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details > Â > .HTML 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, On the left find a box entitled "Opt-Out." > In that section find "opt-out of interest-matched Advertising" link that will > let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Click it and then click the opt-out > button on the next page. Note that Yahoo's invasion of your privacy - and > your Ability to opt-out of it - is not user-specific. It is MACHINE Specific. > That means you will have to opt-out on every computer (and browser) you use. > Please forward this to your other groups. You might Complain, too, but I'm > not sure if anyone is listening. I Remember when they signed all users up to > get spam and we had to Opt out of that a few years ago. Related article: > http://antivirus.about.com/do/spywareandadware/a/yahoobugs.htm > > Please pass this information to all of your groups... > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > Thank you for posting to "Books And Softwares For The Blind" group. > To post to this group, send email to > bsftb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > bsftb-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To visit the group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/bsftb/ > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > >