Found this a interesting piece over on the
hondatwins.net :
a little info for any yahoo group members
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 12:22 AM
It seems to be an annual opt out program so you need to opt out on
each computer you access Yahoo groups on and remember to do it every
year.
If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo uses "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. 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.
Related article:
http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm
dated 2005
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