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Facebook Beacon Privacy Issues Worse Than Previously Thought?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-win-guys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Further developments in the Facebook Beacon affair ... According to PC World, a Computer Associates researcher claims that Beacon, when installed on participating sites, is sending data about users' activity back to Facebook, even when a user is logged out of Facebook - despite Facebook's claims to the contrary."

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  1. or... by owlnation · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ... Facebook users even more whiny than previously thought?
    ... Facebook users with even greater sense of entitlement than previously thought?
    ... Facebook users with even less understanding of social networking concepts than previously thought?
    ... Facebook users with even less sense of life's real priorities than previously thought?
    ... Facebook users misspending their period of youthful rebellion more than previously thought?
    ... Facebook users with even grander delusions of grandeur than previously thought?

    ... Facebook users with even greater abilities to self-promote trivial issues on Slashdot than previously thought?