Blockbuster and privacy

[jadeicewind]

So I logged onto my facebook account tonight to find that my blockbuster rentals were announced to all my friends. Not only did this happen without my consent, but I didn't even install an application to allow for this to happen!

Then I googled "Blockbuster" and "facebook" and found that this was happening en masse all around, and that they were

Comments

[chisachan]

wow, what jackasses. not only for the breach of privacy/double-opt-in, but also for the marketing statement that spouted a falsity of cookies.

Cookies from one site cannot be read by another site of another domain. However, if they referenced a page or applet from the original site, then that application can read it and pass it to them.

You should be suing not only BBOnline, but Facebook as well!