Beacon advertising technology is a controversial service with Facebook. It is there to tell friends and businesses about the shopping habits of Facebook users. The trouble started when Facebook users started seeing Beacon as an intrusion in online privacy and started a campaign to gather support against this service. The petition was signed by more than 50,000 Facebook fans. This petition demanded Facebook team to abandon or alter this technology. Facebook, having realized the gravity of situation, posted a [read more]
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