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It is MUCH more than a tracking cookie. The more useful XFBML version is a snippet of JavaScript. JavaScript can do a lot more than a cookie. http://develope
by gvb 14y ago
It is MUCH more than a tracking cookie. The more useful XFBML version is a snippet of JavaScript. JavaScript can do a lot more than a cookie.
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/?_fb_noscript=1 http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/?...
<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
Go to http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1 http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1 and be horrified.
- crusso 14y agoThat's a decent chunk of minified js. Seems like quite a bit of code just to be able to tell FB whether or not you "like" something. My biggest problem with it is that consumers have no clue whatsoever that they're being tracked that way. Even typical web site owners don't really realize that the little piece of code they copy/pasted to get the FB Like button exposes their visitors to so much intrusive js. I don't have a problem with people being tracked if they feel that they're getting reasonable value out of the relationship, but the current situation is just very sneaky.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoIt's not a lot, really. If you look at it, you see it simply includes the entire FBML widget set, instead of just the Like button.