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Yahoo And Google Now Let You Opt Out Of Ads (Because It’s Better Than Letting You Opt In)

All of a sudden, Yahoo and Google want to make it easy for you to opt out of their ad targeting on both their sites and across the Web. Yahoo announced a new one-click opt-out policy today, and Google made it possible to opt out of both Google and Doubleclick ad targeting with one click yesterday.
At least Yahoo was honest enough to come out and say that the new policy was a direct response to Congressional scrutiny over the intrusiveness of online advertising and behavioral targeting. Google’s announcement was buried in a blog post about Doubleclick cookies. Read more »
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Facebook Security Advice: Never Ever Enter Your Passwords On Another Site, Unless We Ask You To

http://idledownloads.blogspot.com After the recent outbreak of a worm that hacked user Facebook accounts and disseminated through users contacts, Facebook responded with a post with advice to users on general tips about web security. Facebook head of security Max Kelly , a former FBI computer forensics examiner, wrote a blog post with advice to Facebook users including:
As a Facebook user you can help us protect you by doing the following things:
* Report any spam message or posting you see. The more reports we get, the easier it is for us to respond decisively. Read more »
Created by srikanthyvr Created 21 weeks 4 days ago
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