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the pixel is installed by web developers, the same way google analytics or any script is setup on a website.
by ccktlmazeltov 6y ago
the pixel is installed by web developers, the same way google analytics or any script is setup on a website.
- aeternum 6y agoWhich makes it even worse. At least with the extension the user is deciding to install it. In the webpage case, the web developer is choosing to provide the user's data to Facebook or Google (without the user's consent). The vast majority of people don't even understand how this works and think that Facebook can only see activity performed on Facebook itself.
- ccktlmazeltov 6y agoYes, but thinking that it's a specific issue is misguided. This is how the web works and it is extremely hard to change it. By default you do send your IP, and other metadata, to a server who can do whatever they want with it. You can either refuse this reality and try to invent a new set of internet protocols, or try to fix them on the client-side with VPNs and browsers that randomize metadata, etc. Not super practical though.