Yeah…a lot of questions do linger. Like why the “old hands” over at FB completely misrepresented the fact that Beacon tracks users -regardless of it’s profile display settings. But now, we’re supposed to just “trust” that they’re not doing *anything* with the data. Then why collect it? Why? Because it’s damn valuable that’s why.

Go ahead and continue to carry the water for them on this. They’re actions are not noble or revolutionary. And people who value privacy are not overracting. We’ve seen a breathtaking level of arrogance and hubris from this company and Josh had the courage to write about it.

Since he has also been such a big fan of the service in the past, his about face took a hell of a lot more courage than yours and Fortunes. I’d much prefer Josh’s “sensationalism” to this pseudo-journalistic corporate brown nosing.