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

[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