Magrath
5th December 2007, 09:50 AM
For those that use Facebook might be interested in this.
CA exposes sneaky Facebook tracking
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By Stephen Withers
Monday, 03 December 2007
Facebook's Beacon system is logging users' activities in a manner contrary to the company's stated practices according to a CA security researcher.
The idea behind Beacon is that prople can see what their 'friends' have been doing at affiliated sites, such as renting videos, playing games, choosing recipes or purchasing items.
Read On (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15605/53/)
CA exposes sneaky Facebook tracking
User Rating: / 2
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By Stephen Withers
Monday, 03 December 2007
Facebook's Beacon system is logging users' activities in a manner contrary to the company's stated practices according to a CA security researcher.
The idea behind Beacon is that prople can see what their 'friends' have been doing at affiliated sites, such as renting videos, playing games, choosing recipes or purchasing items.
Read On (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15605/53/)