Verizon will soon begin spying on your web habits, here’s how to opt out

Here's a message that needs to get out and I don't know how to do it so if someone else can pick up the ball and run with it that would be great!

Verizon is in with Yahoo to share email from verizon using Yahoo with out most people knowing. They either slip it in in some upgrade or just do it without asking. When I discovered this it took 2 Verizon techs to set me back to just verizon. The first and 2nd for that matter tried to tell me it was ok not to worry when I first discovered this. When I insisted the 2ndtech fixed it.

I don't understand why you have to opt out of this. You have to pony up a large enrolment fee to get the service with the mobile phone companies and pay a huge monthly fee for the service. If you cancel they charge you a large penalty. Now they are sending you advertisements on your browser . I have enough unwanted advertisement on my computer why would I want it on my phone. Even if you opt out I am willing to bet you will still receive unsolicited advertisement on your phone browser. Just another way for them to make money without lowering your phone bill.

Here's the simple way to opt out. Cancel your service. I don't like this either but why complain? You know what they are doing. It's not being hidden. Either opt out, don't opt out or cancel your service entirely. No point in complaining. This kind of stuff is what all that fine print is on the contracts that you sign. I'll admit I don't read it all. But I go into it automatically thinking I'm going to be monitored in some way. Where have you people been since 9/11? We have been continuously giving up more and more of our rights to privacy since the internet and laptops and phones started really taking off. This is not news! There is an opt out so either take it or don't. It's a very easy thing to do.

People are complaining about having a faceless company handle their privacy which is very ironic considering you are trusting several big faceless companies when you get online and post a comment.

You shouldn't have to "opt out" for anything, especially when it comes to privacy.

Verizon is committed to your privacy. So read our Privacy Statement to find out how we are committed to violating your privacy.

even the government has some limits on tracking your life & your every move. I'm getting sick of Verizon. Should I trust a huge faceless company with my private life? Not me!

Got the email from Verizon yesterday... I opted out immediately, and will switch carriers when my contract is up. Expect a VZW stock hit...

The only thing I watch the ads for is the tiny "X" in the corner to delete it.

Will Verizon deduct all the advertising bytes used up from your data plan?

What another way to collect information on you and track your every move..BIG BROTHER

Facebook and Google already follow you.

If Stalin and his KGB were in existence today, they would have thought they died and went to heaven. The type of information that took great effort to collect from people back then is willingly offered up by them today for the convenience of cellphone or a "free" Facebook page.

It doesn't matter if you opt out or not. If you use a cellphone, your movements can be tracked.

Thanks for the information

You believe them? I have a bridge for sale.

I checked the boxes for all of my phones (2) and revisited the site and the last set was back where it started so I'm not sure we are anonymous totally. In this day and age it's easy not to trust the corporations.

Invasion of privacy...period.you can dress up a hound any way you want,it's still a hound!onstar just tried to slide this same thing under the radar and got caught red handed and 'changed their mind" about doing it.were i still a verizon customer,i would boycott,drop the service or something to make my opposition known!!!

Just close your account...................It's that simple..................

The whole problem I have with this aside from the privacy issues, is that Verizon is going to gain more profit from selling this information yet the Verizon consumer will see no improvement of service. The price of Verizon services won't go down, and they won't improve anything. Lose Lose