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I forgot how when I click a like button on a foreign page, face book is keeping data about what pages I am visiting and (who,what,when,where,how) and is selling
by maeon3 15y ago
I forgot how when I click a like button on a foreign page, face book is keeping data about what pages I am visiting and (who,what,when,where,how) and is selling that click data about me to the highest bidder (and I cant turn it off) to advertisers or worse government agencies doing warrent-less surveillance.
I'm never clicking a facebook like button again until I can turn off user website tracking.
- rlpb 15y agoYou don't even need to click the like button. Facebook get the information as soon as you view the foreign page.
- hbar 15y agoIf you use Chrome(-ium), there's an extension for that. I believe there is an equivalent FF extension out there as well. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ejpepffjfmamnambagiibghpglaidiec https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ejpepffjfmamnambag...
- FJCruiser79 15y agoBy 'selling that click data about me' you realize that the only monetization tool Facebook has is a anonymized and aggregated ads tool...it doesn't sell click data.
- igy 15y agoI find there's a general perception (especially Slashdot) that this isn't the case, I'm not sure why given that Facebook's been fairly explicit about it in the past
- code_duck 15y agoPeople, including myself, seem to forget that Google has a far more pervasive network that has been operating for much longer.