Java Glossary : beacon

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beacon: sometimes called web bug, is a snooping scheme pioneered by Yahoo. A piece of HTML in an email message reports back to the sender when the mail is viewed. The term is used more generally for any technique of tagging a user, in the sense of tagging endangered species, to track their movements.

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