Protect your privacy on Yahoo

Yahoo is rolling out a new social networking scheme where they
automatically sign up Yahoo accounts, and it's up to the individual
member to opt out. Here's an article
<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/06/opt-out-required-prevent-your-yaho\
o-mail-contacts> on how to do it. [Thanks to Laura Blanchard--American
Branch--for pointing this out.]

Joan
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author of This Time, a novel about Richard III in the 21st-century
website: http://www.joanszechtman.com/
blog: http://rtoaaa.blogspot.com/
ebook: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3935
2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards General Fiction Finalist

Thanks for the tip Joan. 




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From: Joan <u2nohoo@...>
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Subject: Protect your privacy on Yahoo

 
Yahoo is rolling out a new social networking scheme where they
automatically sign up Yahoo accounts, and it's up to the individual
member to opt out. Here's an article
<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/06/opt-out-required-prevent-your-yaho\
o-mail-contacts> on how to do it. [Thanks to Laura Blanchard--American
Branch--for pointing this out.]

Joan
---
author of This Time, a novel about Richard III in the 21st-century
website: http://www.joanszechtman.com/
blog: http://rtoaaa.blogspot.com/
ebook: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3935
2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards General Fiction Finalist

--- In , "Joan" <u2nohoo@...> wrote:
>
> Yahoo is rolling out a new social networking scheme where they
> automatically sign up Yahoo accounts, and it's up to the individual
> member to opt out. Here's an article
> <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/06/opt-out-required-prevent-your-yaho\
> o-mail-contacts> on how to do it. [Thanks to Laura Blanchard--American
> Branch--for pointing this out.]


Here's what Snopes has to say about it, and opt-out instructions:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/webbeacons.asp

Katy