Exactly. And what can we now make of the ideas of a peoples internet or some
moderation via govt regulation that got started a few years ago? Bleak,
bleak, bleak.
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From: <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: govt spys, was Are you a Yahoo! group member?
Lew,
The deals Yahoo! and MS are willing to make to do business in corrupt
and non-democratic countries are SOP in the business world. It seems
to me that these powerful Internet business could break the mold and
apply some leverage towards improving human rights. Are they going to
have to explain themselves in the court of world opinion like Germain
companies who used slaves and tolerated the Nazi abuses? Wait until a
few zillion Chinese ask for reparations!
AZ
Build a Lookaround!
The Lookaround Book, 4Th ed.
Now an E-book.
http://www.panoramacamera.us
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Are you a Yahoo! group member?
From: Lew <lew1716@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, January 25, 2006 1:33 pm
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
It's actually somewhat worse than Robert suggests. They've been using
beacons for quite a while. Read the fine print when you sign up and
google
the Yahoo privacy statement. You must also agree to allow Yahoo to share
the
information they garner about you with its business associates, and
there's
no stipulation as to how that information is shared. For instance, do
they
deliver lists of the web sites you've visited to their partners or do
they
allow their partners to place their own 'beacons' on your machine? Pay
special attention to their opt-out policy. After you initially opt-in,
opting out only lasts until you *receive* another Yahoo originated email,
then, as per your initial agreement, you've opted-back in again. Further
more, opting out seems to be ip address specific, not machine specific.
For
example, you can 'opt-out' whether you've logged into your Yahoo acct or
not.
If you can stand more bad news, google yahoo & law suits or their
agreements with the Chinese gov't (& ours too, probably). Yahoo is
involved
with firings, imprisonments, and some reported deaths.
Finally, reflect on how this huge, profitable internet goliath
maintains
itself with so little direct advertising, and its 'sucks we're just folks
like you' demeanor.
-Lew
