Guest guest Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 I thought this important to share... The first paragraph is about alarming provisions of the Patriot Acts, and below that is how to opt out of 's information tracking system... Comments? Misty L. Trepke http://www..com News Gathering Is Illegal Under New Patriot Act ll --by Alex Jones " Section 102 of the new Patriot Act ll states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal... A Brief Analysis of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003 - Also Known as USA Patriot Act II... " More on Patriot Act II http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/11/1705813.php ----------- is now using something called " Web Beacons " to track Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where you are going - similar to cookies. Take a look at their updated privacy statement: http://privacy./privacy About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies you will see a link that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons. That will bring you to a paragraph entitled " Outside the 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 opted out. 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. Feel free to forward this to other groups. is recording every website and every group you visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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