Yahoo! Wants to Be Your Big Brother... as in "Is Watching."

[JohnCrichton]

Got this from my Yahoo News Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/japanhero/). I'd suggest you check it out:

Credit goes to August Ragone.


Got this courtesy of someone on another group I'm on. Just so ya know.

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:

http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html

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 recommend doing 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.

[ButteredToast]

Done. I worry enough about Spyware... and now this? Yahoo, this is low... even for you. :mad:

*reminds self to do the same on both comps at home*

[ZorBrak]

Stuff like this should be outlawed.

[James]

They are always trying things like this. I recall they created issues with entitlement to use your work without permission - another small print. Then the take over and attempted dissolving of the egroups clubs. Don't trust them. I'm tempted to shut my account down. Damn, I have a club I run there! How annoying! Certainly will be looking at the small print!

[The Landstander]

this is pretty bad. the sad part is, it's getting worse with all the stuff bushie is doing.

[Pilmedium]

That is really an invasion of privacy. Just be happy that such an opt-out exists.

[Daniel P]

I just opted out. I think that this kind of stuff should be illegal. :mad:

[Zach Logan]

Yea, I got an Email from some company trying to advertise something that could block your computer from that kind of stuff.

We wanted to contact you today to inform you that there is a strong likelihood your PC's hard drive is infected with SpyWare. "Spyware" is a common term for files that are installed on your system without your knowledge that allow companies to monitor your Internet activity. What they don't tell you, however, is how these files can be extremely dangerous to your PC and could cause your hard drive to crash.

I agree with the people who said this kind of technology should be illegal. Its an infringemant on our privacy.

[jeffrey 228]

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.

Well not to mention they can sell your address to advertisers and put you in Opt-in Spam mail lists where you are not able to unlist your self and that is not good in other words, also they can try to send Attachments with some of it's email wich Norton supplies them as Viruses, Worms or Trojins, wich they are good at plus how do they know it is those things, no info on the attachment.

:rolleyes:

[Pilmedium]

Originally posted by jeffrey 228
Well not to mention they can sell your address to advertisers and put you in Opt-in Spam mail lists where you are not able to unlist your self and that is not good in other words, also they can try to send Attachments with some of it's email wich Norton supplies them as Viruses, Worms or Trojins, wich they are good at plus how do they know it is those things, no info on the attachment.

So that is one way people get useless e-mail subscriptions and harmful material. I wonder how they would feel if it was sent to them.

[Jethro_McB]

Go watch "Minority Report" if you're scared now. On the DVD, Spielberg says that the one thing that all the tech experts he got together to predict the future agreed on was the forthcoming loss of privacy. He got this group together well before September of 2001, when a certain incident allowed the government to justify it's desire to track our every movement "for our own good."

Welcome to the Brave New World, my friends. I'm sure you'll find things to be double-plus-good in no time.