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What's the tl;dr: on Beacon?

• jjulius 9y ago
  >Beacon formed part of Facebook's advertisement system that sent data from external websites to Facebook, for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements and allowing users to share their activities with their friends. Beacon would report to Facebook on its members' activities on third-party sites that also participate with Beacon. These activities would be published to users' News Feed. This would occur even when users were not connected to Facebook and would happen without the knowledge of the Facebook user. One of the main concerns was that Beacon did not give the user the option to block the information from being sent to Facebook. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Beacon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Beacon
  • Slansitartop 9y ago
    Was this the thing that would put up a notification on your Facebook profile that you just bought a dildo from Amazon (for instance)?
    • LeoPanthera 9y ago
      I really hate that. It's a specific deal between Facebook and Amazon. You can't "block" it. Amazon willingly send your purchase history to Facebook.
    • fancyfacebook 9y ago
      Yep. What was even more bizarre is how they never really acknowledged it might be a problem, they just keep taking this arrogant attitude that the plebe users are wrong and just don't understand this amazing new data feature. It was the first time I recall them using analytics to justify their bullshit, it pretty much set the tone for where we are at now.