Summary of Beacon Drama

I’m sure Facebook’s PR team didn’t get much rest this weekend, as media coverage of the privacy implications of Facebook’s Beacon program surged late in the week. Here’s a quick summary of what’s happened and what people are saying:

CA Security Advisor Research Blog

Facebook is recording what you do when you’re on Beacon-enabled sites, even when you’re logged out of Facebook, and that’s not cool. Not only that, but their Customer Service team is “materially misrepresenting” what’s really going on.

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