Facebook has modified its Beacon ad program by making its off-site broadcasting capabilities more obvious to users and easier to opt out of — at least, in some cases. However, that adjustment hasn’t quelled privacy concerns on the part of users and at least one security vendor. Facebook has been tracking user actions on affiliate sites, claims a CA Security Research blog — even users who opted out of the Beacon program, and even when they were not logged in to Facebook.
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Posted by: Erika Morphy December 3, 2007 03:15 PMFacebook has modified its Beacon ad program by making its off-site broadcasting capabilities more obvious to users and easier to opt out of — at least, in some cases. However, that adjustment hasn’t quelled privacy concerns on the part of users and at least one security vendor. Facebook has been tracking user actions on affiliate sites, claims a CA Security Research blog — even users who opted out of the Beacon program, and even when they were not logged in to Facebook.