Facebook tracks you even after logging out

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An Australian technologist has caused a global stir after discovering Facebook tracks the websites its users visit even when they are logged out of the social networking site.
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Interesting stuff. Might have to visit Facebook in a separate browser in future.
 
I thought this was a known fact.
 
I'm generally ok with FB collecting my boring browsing info as long as they don't reveal it to other people.
Of course, they're not doing a great job of the latter -- but mostly I've been ok with just setting all my privacy settings really high.
The whole "who unfriended you" thing is embarrassing, but it's not like people couldn't figure that out on their own by looking at their friends list. If they can't figure out it was you, obviously there was a mutual lack of caring so neither person should feel bad about it.

The primary thing I hate about every piece of new crap FB adds on, is how slow/ugly/cluttered it's going to be. That new box in the corner right that displays comments and updates that are already shown in the main "news feed" as well as every single frickin song someone plays in spotify? Why? Redundant/useless/nobody cares that much about someone else unless they're being a creep.
 
dfc05 said:
I'm generally ok with FB collecting my boring browsing info as long as they don't reveal it to other people.
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Advertising companies are people too, my friend.
 
morgs said:
Interesting stuff. Might have to visit Facebook in a separate browser in future.
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I already do this tbh. Well, I keep a separate browser for personal research, ehehe, if you know what I mean, because there is a like/share button on every ****in' website and I am always paranoid about accidentally hitting it. This news gives me even more reason to use a separate browser.
 
Facebook - Collecting dossiers for the CIA since 2004

....What?

Seriously though, even though we all use it, facebook is the creepiest thing on the internet.
 
Wouldn't using incognito mode in Chrome or the other browsers' equivalent help circumvent this?
 
Escaep said:
Wouldn't using incognito mode in Chrome or the other browsers' equivalent help circumvent this?
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not sure, depends if it falls under this bullet point or not:

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Well that Facebook doesn't know is that I track is even after I log out...
 
Pretty much, if a porn site were desperate enough for Facebook activity :p. I give it ~ a year until Facebook starts having you "Check In" to websites the way they do with real-life locations.
 
I'm at work so I can't check, but someone I saw somewhere that pornhub has a like feature. Not my site of choice though. I do know for a fact however that girlsinyogapants.com has it because I've accidently clicked it first hand. But... seriously... who doesn't like girls in yoga pants...
 
I'm using the Chrome Disconnect thing, but all it's showing itself blocking is Google - nothing saying Facebook is tracking me.

(yeah I'm using Chrome; Firefox started hanging frequently for me)
 
That's the same reason I switched to Chrome, actually much prefer it to Firefox anyway.
 
Am I the only one who doesn't care?
Is that bad a thing?
 
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