I got a response:
Subject: Re: Privacy Help: make beacon opt-in
Hi Cristóbal,
Thanks for your feedback about Facebook Beacon, it has definitely helped us make some changes to the product that we hope will provide you with a better experience on Facebook. Beacon was designed to help you share all the interesting things that you are doing [...]
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:35:09PM -0800, Facebook Support wrote:
> Hi Cristóbal,
>
> Unfortunately, the functionality you are requesting is not currently available.
Right. Because it was removed:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/26/facebook-privacy-mel.html
If that’s not true, the world really should know it. Step up and tell
me I’m wrong, please. I want to believe that it’s wrong because its
truth cuts to the [...]
Facebook has added a new advertising program called ‘beacon‘ that forces you to opt out for each website that you use that is participating, which for some people could be a lot. Why is this a problem? Trouble is, even if you opt out, what you’re opting out of is having that site place info [...]
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