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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. This would never happen by Hanners1979 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure Facebook would never monitor my activity on other si

    It looks like you're writing a comment criticising Facebook! Would you like to:

    - Delete the comment
    - Tell everyone how great Facebook is?
    - Add some more useless junk to your Facebook profile?
    - Spam all your friends with a picture of a 'cute' travelling bear?

  2. Uh-oh. by martensitic · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Slashdot has added a story to your Facebook profile."

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