New plug-in gives Facebook users another way to dodge Beacon

(computerworld) -- A new Facebook plug-in to be released this weekend will allow users to monitor and delete cookies created by the Facebook Beacon advertising system. The cookies are used by Facebook to inform a user's friends about his or her purchases.

The free MyDataIsMyData plug-in developed by social network Flugpo will provide multiple options for monitoring and deleting cookies, offline content and visits to Beacon's partner companies, Flugpo said. full story