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Posted By worldslatest 11 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology

There has been a lot of critisicm of Facebook for their Beacon system . But why is Beacon so annoying? Well if you have never heard of Beacon before its a system that lets Facebook  receive information from its partner sites which is then used in various ways. The main way si that it lets you share your activities on other website with your Facebook friends. The second and probaly most anonoying thing is that  it allows Facebook to keeps tabs on you and send targetted advertising to your profile.

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