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How does Facebook have this magical power for which you provide no explanation? Of course, there is no such magical power. The trick works if you allow it, that
by feanaro 4y ago
How does Facebook have this magical power for which you provide no explanation? Of course, there is no such magical power. The trick works if you allow it, that is unless you block it with technical means. After all, you are still in control of your computer, so if you block the information they use to track you, they won't be able to track you. Thus, it is not sufficient reason to force the implementation of a dystopian surveillance machine.
- mrtksn 4y agoNo, no magical tricks. They do device and browser fingerprinting, essentially they can detect you across the internet and in real life through your device networks, device identifiers like MAC address, device specs and configuration.
- feanaro 4y agoAll of these information sources can be sanitized so that the entropy they give off is reduced. See efforts by the Tor Browser and Firefox on reducing the effect of fingerprinting. Additionally, your MAC address is not exposed over the internet, just to the next hop. I'll repeat what I said: > Thus, it is not sufficient reason to force the implementation of a dystopian surveillance machine.