Yahoo Maybe Spying on You?

[simexx]

I would like to requote of item I saw earlier, as follows:
QUOTE
Yahoo is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo
users around the net and see what you're doing and where you
are going - similar to cookies. Take a look at their updated privacy
statement:

[url]  http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html  [/url]

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. I strongly recommend
that you do this.

Once you have clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice
the "Success" message the top 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.
_________________
Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group CEO
[url]  www.it-mate.co.uk  [/url]

UNQUOTE

[hotx]

The question is why does Yahoo do this? Granted, I don't and never would track a user, but there are valid reasons why they could do this. If they are trying to make your internet experience a better place, then yes, by all means track me. However, if they are doing it for other reasons, then definatly opt out.

One last thing, what are you doing on the web that you dont want people to see...LOL....

[rgm714]

hotx wrote:

One last thing, what are you doing on the web that you dont want people to see...LOL....

simply but it none of there business

if you let them look at what you are doing on the internet. it will just be the start.

what next a cameras in your home watching what you are doing. what are you doing at home that you don`t want people to see?

let but a camera in your car to see where you are going. what are you going that you don`t want people to know ?

[rgm714]

simexx

thank you for the information. this is 2 strike for yahoo.

Question do you have to opt-out every time you delete cookies ?

Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a specific user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from each computer or browser that you use.



other place to opt-out

Non-PII (Anonymous Information) Opt-Out
 http://tinyurl.com/pd26 

**AD-SERVING COOKIE OPT-OUT**
 http://tinyurl.com/2cyjw 

ValueClick
 http://tinyurl.com/3aylv 


try to post it in a yahoo Message Board. yahoo would not let me do it.

[hotx]

Actually I don't do anything in my home I dont want people to see. However, I was just joking, hence the 'LOL'. Being a network security analyst for a number of years, i can say not all tracking is bad. Like I said previously, it all depends on what they are using it for and who has the authority to see it. Most of the time, you are just a number and no personal information is recorded, only movements. No personal information, ip addresses, or names are associated. However, you should definatly opt-out of this feature since there is no way of verifying exactly how and why yahoo is using the information. I would not trust yahoo unless they gave a valid reason. Even then, I probably wouldnt trust them. The only reason I am saying this is because too many people are improperly educated and don't fully understand how cookies, session id's, and the like truely work.