Tuesday, December 04, 2007

List of Facebook's "Beacon" anti-privacy goons

Here's the current list of sites blithely sending user-specific activity information to Facebook as part of their incredibly bold privacy-violating Beacon advertising scheme.

(Sites I'm particularly surprised at and disappointed in for participating in this are bolded.)
  • AllPosters.com
  • Blockbuster
  • Bluefly.com
  • Busted Tees
  • CBS Interactive (CBSSports.com & Dotspotter)
  • Citysearch
  • CollegeHumor
  • eBay
  • echomusic
  • ExpoTV
  • Fandango
  • Gamefly
  • Hotwire
  • iWon
  • Joost
  • Kiva
  • Kongregate
  • LiveJournal
  • Live Nation
  • Mercantila
  • National Basketball Association
  • NYTimes.com
  • Overstock.com
  • Pronto.com
  • (RED)
  • Redlight
  • SeamlessWeb
  • Sony Online Entertainment LLC
  • Sony Pictures
  • STA Travel
  • The Knot
  • TripAdvisor
  • Travelocity
  • Travel Ticker
  • TypePad
  • viagogo
  • Vox
  • Yelp
  • WeddingChannel.com
  • Zappos.com