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[_] Facebook Beacon

Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 11:35:32 GMT 2007

On 29/11/2007, Tim Beadle <tim.beadle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just in case anyone's still labouring under the pretension that
> Facebook has its users' best interests at heart:
> http://civ.moveon.org/facebookprivacy/beacon_demo.html

Zeldman chimes in:
"Even if you feel smug for never having joined Facebook, unless you
anonymize all your web browsing sessions, refuse to use or accept
cookies, turn off images (in case one of them is a "tracker GIF"), and
go into the woods with Ted Nugent and a crossbow, Big Advertising
already has your number."
http://www.zeldman.com/2007/11/28/facebook-privacy/

Tim