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(Unverified)Nov 30th 2007 1:50PM

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the main concern I have with beacon is that fb is even knowing what someone is doing on another website. fb should stay in it's corner and not observe, comment, and integrate itself into browsing outside of it's own sphere. great, you can opt out or in whether it shows up in a newsfeed, it should have a master switch where you can say don't watch me. I don't care whether that is by default opt in or out but it should be in place and not as a per site or session contract.

this isn't people making their own bed so shut up and sleep in it. this is a precedent where a social networking site is acting on it's own initiative and without permission ( for the most part towards registered members who signed up before this was put into place ) to watch your behaviours.

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