Comments on: Online Privacy: Rise and Fall of Facebook’s Beacon http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: WebbyOnline - Internet Business, Web Publishing - by David Risley » Microsoft-Yahoo Story DOMINATES Techmeme http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 WebbyOnline - Internet Business, Web Publishing - by David Risley » Microsoft-Yahoo Story DOMINATES Techmeme Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:27:07 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-7561 [...] I don’t believe I have seen a story take this much real estate on Techmeme since perhaps the Facebook Beacon fiasco. [...] [...] I don’t believe I have seen a story take this much real estate on Techmeme since perhaps the Facebook Beacon fiasco. [...]

]]> By: 23-Year Old Facebook CEO on CBS » PC Mechanic http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-7119 23-Year Old Facebook CEO on CBS » PC Mechanic Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:44:10 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-7119 [...] interview was certainly not a sunny piece, but not a hit piece either. They touched on Beacon and that fiasco, and they even had some lady on there who seems to have a problem with [...] [...] interview was certainly not a sunny piece, but not a hit piece either. They touched on Beacon and that fiasco, and they even had some lady on there who seems to have a problem with [...]

]]> By: Is Google Following Facebook’s Mistake? » PC Mechanic http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-6024 Is Google Following Facebook’s Mistake? » PC Mechanic Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:23:57 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-6024 [...] Is any of this ringing the familiar tune of Facebook’s Beacon? [...] [...] Is any of this ringing the familiar tune of Facebook’s Beacon? [...]

]]> By: Technology Flops of 2007 » PC Mechanic http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-5109 Technology Flops of 2007 » PC Mechanic Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:32:08 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-5109 [...] yes. But, Facebook did not launch this thing very well and it resulted in a digital sh*tstorm of privacy concerns and embarassment for the [...] [...] yes. But, Facebook did not launch this thing very well and it resulted in a digital sh*tstorm of privacy concerns and embarassment for the [...]

]]> By: ff http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-4626 ff Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:03:15 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-4626 no, you don't "have" to have a Facebook account. but people who do choose to use Facebook deserve a clear and consistently-applied privacy policy. they also deserve to not have their online activities tracked by Facebook or by anyone else. what's really disturbing however is the PC World article (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140247-c,onlineprivacy/article.html) Facebook, through its "partners" is tracking non-Facebook users. so even if you DO choose to not use Facebook, you may still be tracked by their system. that goes way beyond what any site, social networking or otherwise, should be doing. no, you don’t “have” to have a Facebook account. but people who do choose to use Facebook deserve a clear and consistently-applied privacy policy. they also deserve to not have their online activities tracked by Facebook or by anyone else.

what’s really disturbing however is the PC World article (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140247-c,onlineprivacy/article.html) Facebook, through its “partners” is tracking non-Facebook users. so even if you DO choose to not use Facebook, you may still be tracked by their system. that goes way beyond what any site, social networking or otherwise, should be doing.

]]> By: David M http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-4592 David M Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:08:53 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-4592 Oh..and B.F. means "boy friend" and not what you were thinking. :D Oh..and B.F. means “boy friend” and not what you were thinking. :D

]]> By: David M http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-4591 David M Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:04:36 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/online-privacy-rise-and-fall-of-facebooks-beacon/#comment-4591 Nobody has to have a Facebook account. You can always opt out if you don't like it. So what if someone using a pseudoname is known for drinking Coca Cola or checking out B.F. Mountain? Nobody has to have a Facebook account. You can always opt out if you don’t like it.

So what if someone using a pseudoname is known for drinking Coca Cola or checking out B.F. Mountain?

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