Facebook Will Shut Down Beacon To Settle Lawsuit 101
alphadogg writes "Facebook has agreed to shut down its much-maligned Beacon advertising system in order to settle a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in August of last year, alleged that Facebook and its Beacon affiliates like Blockbuster and Overstock.com violated a series of laws, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Video Privacy Protection Act, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and the California Computer Crime Law. The proposed settlement, announced late on Friday, calls not only for Facebook to discontinue Beacon, but also back the creation of an independent foundation devoted to promoting online privacy, safety and security. The money for the foundation will come from a US$9.5 million settlement fund."
Re:What a great fiction! (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:What a great fiction! (Score:2, Funny)
Google told nerds they are "Not Evil(tm)", and nerds (who view technology companies with religious reverence) now take it as an article of faith.
Re:What a great fiction! (Score:3, Funny)
"You seem upset."
Not having a clue will do that to you....
Re:What a great fiction! (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, so it's a low security secret then. Medium security being where you're told as you're being killed (this may make it prolonged and painful to be told complex medium security secrets, and begs the question of what happens if you die with the secret only partly told). High security obviously entails being killed before you're told what the secret is.
The question is not "Am I paranoid?" ; the question is "Am I paranoid enough?"
Re:What a great fiction! (Score:3, Funny)
"This enables the NSA to intercept not only most Asian e-mail messages but also the entire U.S. internal Internet traffic.":
I pity the poor NSA grunt who's assigned to 4chan.
It's probably a punishment post.