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When I clicked on that link, my "device" contacted Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Omniture, and CBS Interactive. These sites attempt to compile information about
by millstone 14y ago
When I clicked on that link, my "device" contacted Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Omniture, and CBS Interactive. These sites attempt to compile information about me, track me, and make that information available to others - I'm assuming. Of course, I don't know because they don't tell me.
By using the web, my device is serving others (rather, serving me to others) on a massive scale, every day.
- jiggy2011 14y agoAt least in such a case you have some control over that tracking, by installing ghostery or whatever. Without root you cannot count on being able to do that.