Facebook’s Beacon more intrusive than earlier thought, CA says

from Computerworld

“November 30, 2007 (IDG News Service) — A CA security researcher is sounding the alarm that Facebook’s controversial Beacon online ad system goes much further than anyone has imagined in tracking people’s Web activities outside the popular social networking site.

Beacon will report back to Facebook on members’ activities on third-party sites that participate in Beacon — even if the users are logged off Facebook and have declined having their activities broadcast to their Facebook friends. “

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