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That's my question as well, they aren't saying anything about shadow profiles. It seems like a ploy to get people to create accounts just to 'stop' tracking.
by givinguflac 7y ago
That's my question as well, they aren't saying anything about shadow profiles. It seems like a ploy to get people to create accounts just to 'stop' tracking.
- tobr 7y agoThere’s a bunch of FB employees in the comments here, so I guess they will answer soon. EDIT: Any moment now, I suppose it might take a while to type up a thorough, elucidating answer.
- Jerry2 7y ago> I guess they will answer soon You're way too optimistic.
- megous 7y agoIf you read the article linked in the comments, it looks like this works by creating a special tracking ID for each user that can be disconnected from the real UID, if the user chooses to. So if you don't have FB, presumably you already don't have UID, so you're on equal footing with Facebook users that use this future. They are tracked, but tracking data is not connected to their UIDs.
- raquo 7y agoIf you don't have a facebook account, facebook likely has a shadow profile for you. Which would carry your phone number, full name, and whatever else they could extract from your friends' phonebooks and whatever other sources they use. There is no opting out of that, and there is no opting out of facebook getting third party data that lets them connect your shadow profile to a cookie, or to information collected by third parties.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoYeah, but it's not connected to your UID, so it's okay!
- Majestic121 7y agoFrom what I understand, it will actually create a shadow profile not linked to your real profile, instead of actually not tracking you. (I have the french version, which basically says : 'you can disconnect tracking informations from your actual account if you desire') So there's no change for people not using facebook, you'll be tracked like before no matter what.
- nimajneb 7y agoI never knew about those, they are super creepy :/