Re: Yahoo spying
What is a "cookie/view file" and where would one find it?
Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Jan 29, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Donna wrote:
> Now a days, you have to realize that you are on a public media
> anywhere on
> the internet. What you say or do is being watched by someone.
>
> Anyone can read these messages in the archives. At least with
> yahoo, the
> moderators can make them only available to the members of the
> group- or the
> world.
>
> Check your cookie/view file and clean it out constantly. Even your
> viewed
> pages files can relay info without a per say cookie. Visit a hort
> page and a
> cookie check will appear. (I know why Chris has that, it is not to
> spy on
> you, just not revote a zillion and one times on a picture, I asked
> him off
> list)
>
> All you can do is run a tight security so it warns you when someone is
> capturing info... but then they find another way... sigh.
>
> Donna
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> I thought I' might have read of it before - long ago, but it's
>> easy to
>> forget about these things. As noted, it explains that opting out
>> only
>> covers the browser you're currently using. If I did opt out 5
>> years ago
>> on
>> my old computer, it would have no bearing on my new computer. Or
>> if one
>> of
>> us got a new computer at work.
>>
>> Besides, with everything about the feds wanting info going on
>> right now;
>> it
>> now becomes a current affair. Opting out is sort of like taking
>> a stand.
>> Made me feel good.
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:56 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Yahoo spying
>>
>>
>>> This has been happening for years Kitty. If you are a yahoo group
>> member,
>>> you also have to edit your marketing area as well.
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-
>>>> gardenchat@hort.net] On
>>>> Behalf Of kmrsy@netzero.com
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:41 AM
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Yahoo spying
>>>>
>>>> Friends,
>>>> I received the message below from my sister and found that it is
>>>> indeed
>>>> true. Just on the slightest chance that it could be a spoof of some
>>>> kind, I went directly to Yahoo rather than using the links
>>>> provided in
>>>> the message. It was all true and I opted out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Google is fighting the feds spying but Yahoo agreed without
>>>> flinching.
>>>> I'd rather not give thm any more than I have to.
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>>
>>>> -- Maureen Hawkins <hawkms@uleth.ca> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this applies to either of you, but, if so, I
>> thought
>>>> you might want to know.
>>>>
>>>> Sue
>>>> Subject: [freecyclelethbridge] Yahoo groups spying on you
>>>> From: "kim" <lezzeeboi@yahoo.ca>
>>>> Date: Sat, January 28, 2006 11:39 am
>>>> To: "free cycle" <freecyclelethbridge@yahoogroups.com>
>>>> lethcafe@yahoogroups.com
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ----
>> ---
>>>>
>>>> The following was posted to another group i belong to, just
>>>> passing
>>>> it along FYI
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> http://pclick.yahoo.com/p?optout
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too,
>>>> but I'm not sure if anyone is listening..
>>>>
>>>> Related article:
>>>>
>>>> Yahoo Web Beacons Igniting Controversy Yahoo's current privacy
>>>> policy is causing consternation among some users who object to
>>>> their
>>>> use of so-called 'web beacons'. Known in most circles as web bugs,
>>>> these invisible images are embedded in websites and email and used
>>>> to track your surfing - and even tell whether you've opened a
>>>> particular email.
>>>> http://antivirus.about.com/od/spywareandadware/a/yahoobugs.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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