Project Beacon: Does Facebook Know Too Much?

Thanks to leaked documents that Techcrunch has published, Facebook is supposedly preparing to launch an external web activities tracker (hence the name “beacon”). The new service is going to integrate with external sites such as Amazon, gaming sites, movie sites and other external sites to notify your friends of what you are up to. If you thought Facebook already knew a lot about you, wait until they know everything you are involved with outside of Facebook.

Do you want your friends to know what products you just purchased? How about what movie you are going to watch this evening? Apparently updating your Facebook status wasn’t enough.

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