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Old 08-14-2008, 10:50 PM
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Facebook Beacon ruined Christmas and a group of its members are not going to let the social networking site forget it. A group of irked Facebook members filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook Tuesday that said the company’s controversial Beacon advertising program violates several laws, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the Computer Fraud [...]</img>


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Old 08-15-2008, 06:37 AM
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What a sneaky underhanded thing to do!
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Old 08-15-2008, 11:59 AM
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I agree! This is LOW!!!

One would be shocked at just how much our privacy is invaded online.
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That is ridiculous. Why anyone needs to know our last online purchases is beyond me. It's none of anyone's business but our own, unless we choose to make it otherwise. Thankfully I don't use Facebook...
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i understand it from a sales point, but why do your friends need to know?
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I don't even get the point in that. Was facebook merely making a profit off of posting this information? Why couldn't they just have regular advertisements? Invading personal privacy like that is just wrong.
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This is terrible.
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