Comments on: Is Facebook Beacon a Privacy Nightmare?

By: simon from spa2go hot tubs

simon from spa2go hot tubs — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:19:41 +0000

Look if facebook want to do it or not it’s still going to bring up the same issue as always. We don’t get a say anyway!! and anyway is it really that bad to be getting targeted advertising??? If I’m on facebook and im getting adds about things i actually care about it’s going to make my user experience ( even though im getting sucked into the advertising vortex) a better experience!! as I’m a young guy i dont really want to keep seeing adds about hair loss!!! Some advertising does have value and i would prefer the value to be targeted to me.

By: Facebook Close to Burying Its Beacon Woes

Facebook Close to Burying Its Beacon Woes — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:01:07 +0000

[...] 21, 2009 | 7:00 PM PT | 0 comments At long last, Facebook is finally on its way to putting its Beacon troubles to rest. Following a class action lawsuit filed by 20 disgruntled Facebook users in August of last [...]

By: Facebook Bows to Canada Over Privacy Concerns

Facebook Bows to Canada Over Privacy Concerns — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:12:22 +0000

[...] also has had run-ins with its users over how it keeps their data private, particularly with Beacon. This summer, people expressed widespread concern on the web over questions of whether Facebook [...]

By: mlgreen8753

mlgreen8753 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:38:13 +0000

This is a great feature for advertisers, but users may frown upon it a bit. I think advertisers would be better off using an advertising network like Adwido instead where advertisements are sought out and not forced on people.

By: Identity Imposture on Facebook « korzacsol

Identity Imposture on Facebook « korzacsol — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:22:01 +0000

[...] Advertising on Facebook and the controversy about Facebook-Beacons…”Beacons track what people do on the Internet while being logged in to Facebook. When I read an article in the New York Times, the New York Times will send a short notice to my Facebook profile which then will be displayed to my Facebook friends (or whoever can read my feed according to my privacy settings). I need to be logged into Facebook.”…Fred Stutzman explains how this works: Any time you load [a] Beacon-enabled page, Facebook knows exactly what you are looking at. In essence, this setup is sending your clickstream and path data to Facebook, precisely correlated to your Facebook identity.”…see here and here. [...]

By: Top 5 Reasons Why Posts Like This Make Us Dumb | Guerrilla Feed

Top 5 Reasons Why Posts Like This Make Us Dumb | Guerrilla Feed — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:04:38 +0000

[...] look at other ways to incorporate our passions, hobbies, businesses, or causes through new forms of beacon marketing which are relatively cheap or can even be free. There are privacy issues that are raised but it [...]

By: Persona Prime » Blog Archive » Multiple personas (people and businesses)

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:56:29 +0000

[...] data (actually our data but data that isn’t completely THEIRS either.) I mean look at the big oopsie facebook did with Beacon and they had nothing but the best intentions of helping (and making a buck – who can blame [...]

By: facebook knows what you (and marketers) like | b. todd randolph | inapropos

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:35:53 +0000

[...] responded to user privacy complaints. om malick (yes the same one) and fellow privacy watchdogs called attention to the potential for abuse. facebook quickly changed details of how notifications were presented (evolution shown here in a [...]

By: javanx3d

javanx3d — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:04:05 +0000

Great post. I wonder how much user-testing facebook will conduct after seeing the slow decline of MySpace viewership versus Facebook’s! Or will we see a third niche social networking site rise from the many out there that just says ‘no’ to making 1/2 of the social networking site pages ads? Cheers, James

By: Facebook vs. Animal Shelters! « Thoughtpick Blog

Facebook vs. Animal Shelters! « Thoughtpick Blog — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:19:44 +0000

[...] greed or overpopulation end the era of [...]

By: GeoCities: the Facebook of ten years ago - Dot Comms

GeoCities: the Facebook of ten years ago - Dot Comms — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:09:43 +0000

[...] like Facebook with its Beacon service had a scandal on its hands over user privacy. The FTC found that GeoCities had engaged in deceptive [...]

By: renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - GeoCities: the Facebook of ten years ago

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:09:19 +0000

[...] like Facebook with its Beacon service had a scandal on its hands over user privacy. The FTC found that GeoCities had engaged in deceptive [...]

By: Foreclosure lawyer

Foreclosure lawyer — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:51:37 +0000

I agree with Kevin. Since most users do not care about this feature, it should be opt-out. If the feature was opt-in it wouldn't be effective. At least they are letting the user make a choice.

-- Frank

By: ThoughtPickers Blog >> Facebook vs. Animal Shelters!

ThoughtPickers Blog >> Facebook vs. Animal Shelters! — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:13:18 +0000

ThoughtPickers Blog >> Facebook vs. Animal Shelters!...

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By: Does social media belong in the hands of PR professionals? « confessions of a social media newbie

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:33:20 +0000

[...] fiasco, where companies can sign up to target personalized ads by using a technology called beacon is a complete contradiction of what social media should be. In Malik Om’s blog post titled Is [...]

By: Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues

Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:12:02 +0000

[...] longer any such thing as privacy, fears of a carrier tapping into your web surfing for money, your social network using your movements online as ads, or your location data being mined for ads and government searches, we are living in an age in [...]