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Topic started on 15-1-2006 @ 05:27 AM by Sauron
Have you heard of Web Beacons I haven't until now, they are supposed to be like cookies from what I've read, Yahoo uses them to record websites you visit even when you are not connected to Yahoo. Can anyone shed some light on these Web Beacons.
Anyway here is a link below to opt out if you wish.


Here is their updated privacy statement at privacy.yahoo.com...
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.

Source


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reply posted on 15-1-2006 @ 06:42 AM by ArMaP
Thats nothing knew.

Lots of sites use that.

You can find and explanation here

You can find one of those things at the bottom of this page. It is used for the site statistics, I suppose, and it is a 8X8 pixels PNG image.


reply posted on 15-1-2006 @ 01:34 PM by Echtelion
Originally posted by ArMaP
Thats nothing knew.

Lots of sites use that.

You can find and explanation here

You can find one of those things at the bottom of this page. It is used for the site statistics, I suppose, and it is a 8X8 pixels PNG image.


webopedia??? A trash commercial competitor to Wikipedia, or is it? Or a plain spam site... Uugh!

Here's a eloquent, detailed explanation of a web beacon, focusing on how it works and how it violates your online privacy:

From Wikipedia: Web Beacon



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