The Poverty Jet Set

For my friends who aren’t as crazy obsessed with blogs and tech news as I am, there’s been a pretty weird turn of events in ye olde social networking. Turns out Facebook launched a new project called Beacon which automatically tells all your friends what you’re buying on the web. Not so cool. They started reading the cookies in your browser and reposted information on your Facebook page. Without your permission. But now you can op-out. Head over to your Privacy Setting page here and check the box, then click save. Voila. You’re out. Spread the word.

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