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Because facebook tracks you, even if you do not have a facebook account. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-profiles-zuckerberg-congre

Because facebook tracks you, even if you do not have a facebook account. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-profiles-zuckerberg-congress-data-privacy https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-...

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
The problem is laziness. “Call your Congressperson” is hard. Waxing lyrical about political distinction is easy. Imagining technical solutions to political problems is easier.
- MereInterest 8y ago
  I'd say that there are two related problems, one political and one technical, and that there is no reason not to address both issues. * Political problem: It is legal and acceptable to track people on the internet to an extreme degree. Political solution: Call your Congressperson, donate to the EFF, reframe the issue as corporate stalking, etc. * Technical problem: It is possible to track people on the internet to an extreme degree. Technical solution: Restrict ability to collect data by using adblock, poison existing databases with reasonable but false data.
dominotw 8y ago
is it possible to block facebook domain via hosts file or chrome extension?
- itronitron 8y ago
  https://qz.com/1234502/how-to-block-facebook-all-the-urls-you-need-to-block-to-actually-stop-using-facebook/ https://qz.com/1234502/how-to-block-facebook-all-the-urls-yo... and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791052
mortehu 8y ago
Because the word "tracking" can include request monitoring for DDoS mitigation and scraping detection, or storing information purposefully uploaded by other people (e.g. photos and contact list), saying anything about "tracking" isn't very meaningful. Think of how many people are being involuntarily "tracked" by Dropbox because others are backing up photos in which they appear, or emails they sent, without their consent. For better headlines, we could call this information "Dropbox Shadow Dossiers".

JumpCrisscross 8y ago

The problem is laziness. “Call your Congressperson” is hard. Waxing lyrical about political distinction is easy. Imagining technical solutions to political problems is easier.

MereInterest 8y ago
I'd say that there are two related problems, one political and one technical, and that there is no reason not to address both issues. * Political problem: It is legal and acceptable to track people on the internet to an extreme degree. Political solution: Call your Congressperson, donate to the EFF, reframe the issue as corporate stalking, etc. * Technical problem: It is possible to track people on the internet to an extreme degree. Technical solution: Restrict ability to collect data by using adblock, poison existing databases with reasonable but false data.

dominotw 8y ago

is it possible to block facebook domain via hosts file or chrome extension?

itronitron 8y ago
https://qz.com/1234502/how-to-block-facebook-all-the-urls-you-need-to-block-to-actually-stop-using-facebook/ https://qz.com/1234502/how-to-block-facebook-all-the-urls-yo... and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791052

mortehu 8y ago

Because the word "tracking" can include request monitoring for DDoS mitigation and scraping detection, or storing information purposefully uploaded by other people (e.g. photos and contact list), saying anything about "tracking" isn't very meaningful. Think of how many people are being involuntarily "tracked" by Dropbox because others are backing up photos in which they appear, or emails they sent, without their consent. For better headlines, we could call this information "Dropbox Shadow Dossiers".