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Facebook has social data. Google knows a whole heck of a lot more than that. Adsense, GMail, Analytics, and hosting fonts for a ton of websites, for example a
by Steeeve 10y ago
Facebook has social data. Google knows a whole heck of a lot more than that. Adsense, GMail, Analytics, and hosting fonts for a ton of websites, for example are sources of data that provide a pretty good deal of insight as to who you are and what you are insterested in.
- LoSboccacc 10y agoFacebook pixel is becoming more and more common, so they will shortly have the same data plus verified and not inferred data from their social channels. edit: now that I think of it facebook will be shortly in a position of being able to de-anonimize the internet. imagine selling that ad-space.
- ggggtez 10y agoShortly? You're joking right. They've been able to do that for years.
- LoSboccacc 10y agobut the pixel isn't that much widespread, many are still on google analytics for tracking
- ggggtez 10y agoNo need for the pixel. Facebook like buttons already proliferate the web. Add to that instant articles, and all links from Facebook itself, and you already have a pretty good model for identifying users even when logged out.
- jacquesm 10y agoAll it takes is a 'like' button. Even if you don't have a facebook account that's enough to track you until you re-install your machine, and even then there are ways to re-connect your profile.
- mercer 10y agoI still don't understand why they backtracked on their plan to become the 'social layer' of the internet. They'd get data on so many more things. For example, I was working on integrating Facebook in a large media site, and Facebook would've had access to: what users viewed, how long they viewed things, game play usage (high scores and whatnot) and a lot of other information.