This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Walser, Weisenmiller, Custer, Romine Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4265 Message Board Post: Hi folks. Just thought you might be interested in something I just found out from another board. Seems that Yahoo has been spying on most of us without our knowledge. They'll say we agreed to it by signing up with their service, but they buried this fact in all the legalities they have when you sign up. Read on ... "Yahoo! uses web beacons to access Yahoo! cookies inside and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Yahoo! products and services. When conducting research Yahoo!'s practice is to require our partners to disclose the presence of these web beacons on their pages in their privacy policies and state what choices are available to users regarding the collection and use of this information." Personally I've never been "informed" of anything like this, but I'm sure if I was, it was probably hidden in some corner of the page, in 5 point type, in an area of the page that nobody reads or looks at anyway. Good news is ... you can stop it. The info on all this, and the link to opt-out, is at: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html Hope all is well up there in West Virginia. Heard the remains of Katrina blew thru up your way. OK down here in Northern Broward County, FL, but not too far south got hit pretty good. And let's all say a prayer for those in Lousiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Best wishes if you have family there. George L. Wilson Coral Springs, FL