>
>Sharing a tidbit of information:
>
>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. Yahoo is recording every website and
>every group you visit. Take a look at their updated privacy
>statement: 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. That will
>bring you to
>a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network."
>
>In this section you'll see a little "click here to opt out" link
that
>will let
>you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping.
>
>Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted. Notice
>the "Success" message
>on the top of 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.
>