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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. How do they know? by tmk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How do third party websites know about an Facebookm account when a user is logged out of Facebook?