On: Zuckerberg apologizes for Beacon -- announces a full opt-out

[jey]

"full opt-out" in the title is very misleading. They are disabling the mini-feed and newsfeed stories only! FB still gets the info on your browsing/buying habits by default, unless you would click the link to not share the info with facebook every time you make a purchase.

[dcurtis → jey]

If you're so paranoid, why do you shop at places that would willfully send your information to a site like Facebook?

Don't the partner sites have to reach out and send the information to Facebook, rather the the other way around?

[brlewis → jey]

From the article: "If you select that you don't want to share some Beacon actions or if you turn off Beacon, then Facebook won't store those actions even when partners send them to Facebook."

[karthikv → brlewis]

It says it won't "store" those actions sent by the partners. Its not clear if they will "use" that information in any other way.