[wine] FWD from PHC on Yahoo Web Beacons

Greetings, Yet another reason to "Just Say No To Yahoo" (Recall they're working w/ the Chinese government to censor the internet.) Thanks to Carl for the DIY to keep Yahoo from tracking your every move. Note that you need to opt out on every machine and every browser! Truly evil! In Europe, privacy is automatic. The use/sale/sharing of Web beacons, driver's license data, credit card data and most any other invasion of our privacy would require that we explicitly "Opt In". (they also get 5 or 6 weeks of vacation, but I digress.) Cheers, Jim ----- Forwarded message from phc-club(a)yahoogroups.com ----- Date: 19 Jan 2006 13:51:47 -0000 From: phc-club(a)yahoogroups.com To: phc-club(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [phc-club] Digest Number 959 There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. FW: Yahoo is watching you - ALWAYS From: "off_peak_brewing" &lt;ceidbo(a)i29.net&gt; ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:19:09 -0000 From: "off_peak_brewing" &lt;ceidbo(a)i29.net&gt; Subject: FW: Yahoo is watching you - ALWAYS 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. Look at their updated privacy statement at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will see a link that says WEB BEACONS. Click on the phrase "Web Beacons." On the page that opens, find a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network." In that section find a little "Click Here to Opt Out" link that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Be careful! NOT to click on the next button shown. It is an "Opt Back In" button that, if clicked, will UNDO the opt-out. Note that Yahoo's invasion of your privacy - and your ability to opt-out of it - is not user-specific. It is MACHINE specific. That means you will have to opt-out on every computer (and browser) you use. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phc-club/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: phc-club-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------------ * * Dr. James Lee Ellingson, Adjunct Professor jellings(a)me.umn.edu * * University of Minnesota, tel: 651/645-0753 fax 651 XXX XXXX * * Great Lakes Brewing News, 1569 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 *