Facebook Beacon Haters Get Their Own Plugin

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Facebook Beacon Haters Get Their Own Plugin

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Facebook Beacon has caught a lot of flack since its release, to the dismay of many advertisers out there. While the backlash hasn't been as noticeable as some of Facebook's other releases, there are still a good number of folks out there that would rather not see their faces on other people's feeds as part of an advertisement.

My Data is My Data has beta-launched a browser plugin that will alert you when Facebook Beacon's system tries to make a connection with a partner site, so you can determine when and where you'd like to share your third-party purchasing activity with your Facebook friends. While there are already a number of privacy options inserted into Facebook, and even more services out there that will rid you of cookie problems all together, Facebook Beacon's mainstream press presence in itself may help My Data is My Data gain a good amount of users based on principle alone.

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