Link: How to block Facebook Beacon
I’m still going to write mostly original content for this blog, but once in awhile an article comes up that I’ll just have to link out to. This Consumerist post shows you how to remove a piece of spyware from your computer you probably don’t even know is there. In case you haven’t heard yet, Facebook’s new “Beacon” program is basically a web-based spyware program. Even though there has been recent news that Facebook has altered Beacon to be opt-in only, that only applies with regard to stories appearing in your friends’ news feeds. Beacon is still collecting data on your browsing habits silently. Whether that data is stored by Facebook is still not really confirmed one way or another, but why worry about that when you can block it with minimal effort?
Giving yet another great reason to use Firefox, WikiHow shows how to block Facebook Beacon using Firefox extension BlockSite.
[image courtesy Consumerist]