Yahoo: Threat or Menace?

[oakenguy]

I got this e-mail today about a standard Yahoo practice:

"Yahoo is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo
Group 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:

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 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. Of
course, if you don't mind Yahoo recording every website and every
group you visit you should ignore this message."


Now the obvious follow-up question--what other websites are doing this and not giving us the option to opt-out?

Comments

[simply-juniper.livejournal.com]

Well if it really wants to see all the porn sites I visit...

Nah, really, thanks for the info.

[lilacsinmarch.livejournal.com]

That's a reassuring thought :S,I just love being followed around by these Internet shadows.

[shutupbetsy.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you. I suppose the whole google page rank thing is simillar?

You're my bastion of abnormal zoology.
-purple polar bears (check)
-giant hamsters (check)
-exploding whales (check)

I feel like I'm missing some. :)

[arashel.livejournal.com]

Hehe, did it anyway but it doesn't apply to me, I had a master computer genious do something to my mother?? system so nothing or no one can get in, it blocks all and everything. XD

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

GAh!! THanks for the info, I opted out right away. And you're right, that button is tricksy.

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[simply-juniper.livejournal.com]

You know you posted like 16 times to this? ;) You might want to delete some of those comments.

[akycha.livejournal.com]

Obscene word-of-the-day anthropomorphic-incarnation-of-your-choice on a battery-operated pogo stick!

All Yahoo Group users? Even those who don't have email accounts?

okay, enough of the soft-shoe here.

FUCKfuckfuckityfuckfuck.

I am SO tired of people thinking they have a right to spy on what I'm doing just because they CAN. And I HATE Yahoo anyway. And I hate their groups and their stupid interface and their awful ads. So there.

G'rrrr.

Other Rose

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

holy shit!!!!

I'm sorry!! The stupid LJ kept saying it wasn't working, but I still only hit submit comment twice!! WTF?!?

Okay, and even though they still show up, it says they've already been deleted when I tried to delete....WTF?!?!?

Argh!

Sorry oakenguy! I didn't spam on purpose!

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[simply-juniper.livejournal.com]

Hehe!! Now you responded to me 10 times! You're funny. ;)

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[frla.livejournal.com]

rofl
yes!

you are my rockstar today
you deserve a limo an underage wife and a hotel room to trash on an extended meth binge

you are a rocker and made me smile!

KK!

[frla.livejournal.com]

thanks for the heads up
you still a member of the group where I met you?
I put a post up there about it.


also I envy your truffling.

KK!

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[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

ummm...you're ...welcome?

[almightydanish.livejournal.com]

now is that yahoo.com the website, or is it for the people who have yahoo dsl internet service?

[silveroak.livejournal.com]

any yahoo club membership or email account. Note that you must do this for every browser and every machine you use separately