Yea, I think I set the settings in the browsers I use to reject all those types. Remember that you need to opt-out in all the browsers you use and any time you update the system, so it's a tough thing. For all I know Google is doing the same thing as well as every fishing supply store I browse through!
----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Burkhead To: 'Al Demarzo' ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:21 PM Subject: RE: [ercoupe-flyin] Yahoo Spyware - BEWARE Al, I've seen nothing (other than web rumors) saying that Yahoo can collect any information about "everywhere you've been." If you have any such information, please send me the links. As I understand it, the web beacon system sends a message when you visit a page that has a beacon embedded in it. Embedding beacons in your web page is something you have to set up by contract with Yahoo. Somehow, I don't expect that 99.999999% of the world has done so. Still, feel free to "opt out." That's a good thing to do for anyone who wants to. HTML e-mail can also contain a beacon so, to avoid e-mail beacons have all your forums send mail in plain text and send it that way yourself. If you're worried, go into Yahoo's options and select "plain text" for your forum mail. It takes HTML to embed beacons in e-mail. I use tools to help protect my privacy and encourage others to do so, too. Antivirus, malware detection, software firewall, hardware firewall and very great care about what I type into the Internet are all things worth using to protect your privacy. Ed
