Comments on: Facebook Beacon: Two Weeks Later

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:22:37 +0000

Perhaps people want to look at the java source , it seems to use an iframe to log you in and then pass the parameters back to the js, if your facebook login is not saved in your browser perhaps it will not track you.

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By: m

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:11:22 +0000

Thank you for an excellent article. As you’ve said, the mere fact that such data collection is going on is disturbing. Facebook should not be collecting data on people at all unless they authorize it. It sounds like the petition on MoveOn is geared toward merely blocking the notifications of your actions to your friends, not toward the prevention of the data collection in the first place.

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By: Sissy

Sissy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:27:27 +0000

Thanks for the Beacon blocker info. Is there a way to block Facebook from publishing news feed stories within FB? The fact that they publish a story every time someone does _anything_ is just a bit overboard, not to mention creepy.

By: sparky

sparky — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:09:19 +0000

thanks for this info it’s just the nature of the game that internet companies are only worth mega-bucks if they have credible ways of collating vast amounts of personal data for advertising purposes. i wonder which will be the first one to go bust because of a user backlash at hidden technology / practises that made them worth investing in…

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meehawl » Blog Archive » Facebook Spying - Just Say No — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:48:28 +0000

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By: gr

gr — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:49:13 +0000

Are you sure your block beacon actually works? Does it block the beacon pop-up only, or does it actually block your data from moving from the third party site to facebook?

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By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:20:53 +0000

Dear

do you remember the outcry (justified) when doubleclick attempted to follow users activity across sites using permanent cookies ?

This capturing of data without the consent of the user is an invasion of the his/her privacy of the same level.

I have little doubt on the other hand that facebook, its business partners and their advertisers would still benefit from providing the “share it with your facebook list of friends” button.

Unless they adjust their policy, I’ll use a blocker and warn of others.

Hell I would even build different group of friends just fior the sake of sending books boughts to group A and video games to group B