Yahoo once again stomps on privacy

[mousme]

Copied from the delicious firewillow's LiveJournal, with thanks.


Each time it's they try something new... and yet the same old thing over and over again.

Bleah.

Yahoo is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you're doing - similar to cookies. Take a look at their updated privacy statement.

About half-way down the page, in the section "Outside the Yahoo! Network", you'll see a little "click here" link that will let you opt-out of their new method of snooping. You may want to do this. Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out.

Notice the "Success" message at 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.

(from wilwheaton.net)

Also note that you have to go through this for each browser you use, if you're running more than just one, as it's browser specific.

:p

Comments

woo

[longpig.livejournal.com]

Wil Wheaton rules.

[interzoneaddy.livejournal.com]

I've added you.

[arcane-anteater.livejournal.com]

Heya :)

I would've sent you an email, however your addy isn't located in your bio, so I'll just make a comment.

I wish to apologize for the comment I made in the sphogwarts_occ journal. I did not mean in any way to tell you what you can and cannot do, I simply wanted to let you know that there were other options availible if you so choose (I thought you might've wanted to be Lupin, but were taking Charlie as a second choice because Lupin's already taken)

Once again, I truly am sorry that I aided in turning you away from the RPG. It's a little chaotic there right now since we're just starting out and there aren't really any ground rules. If you came back, I'm sure we'd enjoy having you :)

-Arcane_Anteater

[(Anonymous)]

Now listen, you. Stop all this, this "good spelling," and "proper punctuation," and "forming well-structured sentences" nonsense. What are you trying to do, disrupt LiveJournal's rock-bottom grading curve? You're going to mess up the census!

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[mousme.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I don't recognise you, yet somehow I feel I should. Give me a hint? (Or your name, which would be equally as good. ;) )

[(Anonymous)]

No reason why you should recognize me, unless you were to catch in me what I've espied in you: a fellow philologist.

I never give out my name. It has to be stolen from me.

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[sabrys.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I hadn't realised that this was a browser specific thing. Thank you for pointing this out. Also, thank you for reading enough of the same authors as me that I found your journal and hence your warning in the first place :)

Sabrys