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Facebook Caves To Privacy Protests Over Beacon

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the privacy-is-dead dept.

jcatcw writes "After weeks of privacy protests over its advertising system, Facebook's CEO announced that users now can turn the system off completely. CEO Zuckerberg said 'We simply did a bad job with this release.' Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, called the announcement from Zuckerberg 'a step in the right direction.'"

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  1. Re:Just like last time... by graviplana · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod this +5 Insightful.

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  2. Re:How do you turn it off if you're not a member? by Gunnery+Sgt.+Hartman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What about if you have facebook, but never added this application? There are lots of stupid apps that people add now. Most of them are poorly written and are just spam to begin with. A lot of them actually spam your friends when you add the app. Facebook is turning into myspace little by little.

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