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They might not have your name and address (yet), but they've likely taken a browser fingerprint which can eventually be used to de-anonymize you.
by nodamage 8y ago
They might not have your name and address (yet), but they've likely taken a browser fingerprint which can eventually be used to de-anonymize you.
- harryh 8y ago"Likely" is a strong word there. For most organizations, I'd go with "might have." But yes, that's true. Still, "Facebook tells you which ad someone clicked on, and that can give you some demographic information, and if you can at some later point determine that person's identity you can connect the two" is a very different thing from "Facebook sells your data."
- nodamage 8y agoIt might be different from a technical perspective, but from a privacy perspective information about the user has been transferred to the advertiser, who paid Facebook for the privilege. And "at some later point" may not be that far-fetched, if the adtech company operating the fingerprinting code happens to sell their data to other companies, etc.