Fwd: Cookie Karma - Web Beacons - as of possible interest

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Dharma Wayfarer <dharmawayfarer wrote: To:

Dharma Wayfarer <dharmawayfarer

Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:03:10 -0700 (PDT)

Cookie Karma - Web Beacons - as of

possible interest

 

(received this the other day ... seems worth a look, instructions to remedy

are easy to follow - as of possible interest if you're not into having your web

movements feeding a database somewhere)

 

Dear Fellow Members,

 

If you belong to ANY - be aware that is now using "Web

Beacons" to track the Internet navigation of every user. It's similar to

cookies,

but allows to record every website and every group you visit -ANYWHERE- on

the Internet, even when you're not connected to .

 

To stop this privacy invasive surveillance, go to 's updated privacy

statement at:

http://privacy./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." On the page that opens, find a paragraph

entitled "Outside the 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 the button shown on the

resulting 'You have opted out successfully' page. It is a "Cancel Opt-out"

button that, if clicked, will UNDO

the opt-out. Be warned!

 

Important:

's monitoring

-- and your ability to opt-out of it --

is NOT user-specific.

It is MACHINE -and- BROWSER specific.

***This means you will have to set the cookie to 'Opt-out' on -every- computer

and -every- browser you use to access and the rest of the Internet.

 

Please forward this concern to your other groups.