On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Mark Misulich wrote:
Yahoo is Tracking Group Members
If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now using "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.
Here is the page to go to if you desire to opt-out in the US:
http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/opt_out/targeting/details.html
Sorry, .. but if you're blocking cookes & JS there is no way to store tracking information ON your machine. The page above is actually a 'front' to have you STORE, most likely, a cookie on your machine that Yahoo can then use in future operation to track your browsing just like Google-Analytics. As proof, go to that page, turn off JS & Cookies - there is no way to 'Opt Out' because there is no way to set a cookie ON your machine indicating to Yahoo that you have 'Opted Out'. If you have any concerns about privacy at all, the steps you take will include: 1) Download and use a browser capably of being reasonable 'safe' by blocking cookies and JS. 2) Use appropriate plug-ins to allow cookies or JS from sites you WISH to allow - e.g. NoScript for Firefox. Lee ============================================== Leland V. Lammert lvl@omnitec.net Chief Scientist Omnitec Corporation Network/Internet Consultants www.omnitec.net ============================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org