Yahoo is now using something called “Web Beacons” to track Yahoo users around the net to see what you’re doing and where you are going – similar to cookies. Yahoo might be recording every website and every group you visit. They say that, “Yahoo! uses web beacons to access Yahoo! cookies inside and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Yahoo! products and services.” I’m not happy about that and have opted out. You can too. Here’s how:

1) Log into your Yahoo account and take a look at their updated privacy statement

2) About half-way down the page, in the section that refers to cookies, you will see a link that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons.

3) That will bring you to a paragraph entitled “Outside the Yahoo Network.” In this section you’ll see a little “click here to opt out” link that will let you “opt-out” of their new method of snooping. Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted. Notice the “Success” message on the top of the next page. Be careful because on that page there is a “Cancel Opt-out” button that, if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out.

Thanks Chris for calling this to my attention