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When you say 'screwed', how do you mean exactly?
by godDLL 14y ago
When you say 'screwed', how do you mean exactly?
- nl 14y agoDisqus isn't a site you visit directly, it is a plugin service which site owners can plug into their site. As part of its functionality it relies on the ability to uniquely identify a user across sites (to provide user authentication). There are quite a few other services that work in a similar way.
- kijin 14y agoMany people are logged into Disqus all the time. I would think that an explicit login overrides any DNT header. On the other hand, if I'm not logged in, I don't want them tracking me across all the Disqus-enabled sites I visit.
- 2arrs2ells 14y ago"Many people are logged in to Facebook all the time. I would think that an explicit login overrides any DNT header." As a user, I want to be stay logged in to Facebook when posting a TC comment. But I don't want Facebook to track me when I visit some random site with a like button. How do we draw the line here?
- Drbble 14y agoPragmatically, we draw it with Adblock and NoScript and friends.
- sneak 14y agoA solution that I've found works well for me is simply disabling cookies, and whitelisting any site that I want to use that requires them, or that I am attempting to log in to. This is made easier for me by the fact that I don't use Facebook.
- jacquesm 14y agoSuggested friend: Ghostery.
- subsection1h 14y agoIs Ghostery useful if a person is already using a privacy list for AdBlock, such as EasyPrivacy[1] or Fanboy Tracking List[2]? [1] https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/ https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/ [2] https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/ https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/
- lucian1900 14y agoYes, it lets you more easily re-enable things on a case-by-case basis. Like NoScript, but focused on privacy.
- kijin 14y agoI think Facebook and Disqus are different cases. The only reason anyone ever logs into Disqus is to be able to use it on third-party sites. Not so for Facebook. People's intentions matter.
- MindTwister 14y agoI would say authentication isn't tracking... its authentication.
- nodata 14y agoThat's a play on words. You can authenticate yourself to something and then be tracked for other reasons.
- MindTwister 14y agoIf you don't want to be tracked, the site that handles authentication can still keep you logged in, but it isn't allowed to track your whereabouts. In the case of facebook they can show the "like" button, but they cant use the information that it has been shown for you on a particular site, on a particular date/time.
- nl 14y agoYeah, but that is kind of useless. Facebook's entire purpose is to show you things you are interested in. The fact you didn't like something on a given site is nearly as useful as if you did.
- MindTwister 14y agoThats from an advertiser perspective, not from a user perspective.
- nl 14y agoNot at all. Facebook show's me updates from my friends activity. It can better match those to my interests if it knows what I am interested in.
- nl 14y agoGood. So Facebook & Google are fine, too then. You authenticate with them, then they add features based on that.