Facebook Apologizes for Exposing Users Data

Facebook, the home of around five-trillion apps and several dozen users, have issued an official apology for the issues caused by their Beacon shopping feature. The feature is designed to show your friends what you have recently purchased online. However, the feature was enabled on all Facebook accounts, sparking obvious controversy.

All said and done, it took a handful of weeks before the problem was actually fixed. The excuses are not important, but the fact that it took so long is rather ridiculous. I don’t care for others to know what I bought, and I am not sure who would. Just another reason to add to the pile of why I personally dislike using Facebook.

The company last month introduced Beacon. But last week it made it easier to opt out of the system after 65,000 of its members signed a petition imploring Facebook to scale it back. Some members were outraged that Facebook was deploying technology to shadow their online habits in an attempt to pursue advertising revenue.

Source: USA Today