FYI to those of you, like me, who like to diddle marketing data collectors.

From a list I subscribe to:

Thought that this may be of interest to the group:

> I received this information from another group of which I am a
> member, and thought members of this group might find it interesting.
> I have checked this and it's 100% true.
>
> Yahoo is now using "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group users around
> the net to see what you're doing, what you're buying and where
> you're going - similar to cookies. Take a quick look at their
> UPDATED privacy statement..............
>
> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html
> (you may have to cut & paste this to your web browser address line)
>
> About halfway down the page, in the section "Outside the Yahoo!
> Network" ........you'll see a little "click here" link that will let
> you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping. If you want to retain
> some privacy, then I strongly recommend you do this. Once you have
> clicked that link, you are opted out. Notice the "Success" message
> at the top of the next page. BUT be careful because on that page
> there is a "Cancel Opt-Out" button that, if clicked, will *undo* the
> opt-out........ If you think this is helpful, you may want to
> forward to other groups.

This sort of thing may be cleaned up after the fact by Spybot Search and Destroy or Ad-Aware (no affiliation on my part other than I use them) I don't know. I opted out, and as I move along the machines I use day-to-day I will do so there, as well (it obviously sets a cookie) so if you are a religious cookie-cleaner it may be something you'll need to do as a part of your setup routine. Those of you with any technical expertise in the area are invited to comment and enlighten...