Facebook is Tracking Your Shit

[Metcarfre]

So apparently Facebook tracks what sites you visit even when you're logged out. Isn't that great? Here's how it works.

I don't know about you... that pretty much does it. FB and I are breaking up.

[Gollom]

Heading that way myself, but I hardly use it as is. Should probably set up Google+ so I can ignore people I don't want to talk to with the new thing, but meh.

Anyway, if you aren't quite ready to give up Facebook and use AdBlock Plus for Chrome/Firefox, add this subscription. It'll stop Facebook from tracking you.

[madrak_the_red]

I wish my IRL friends would move to the vastly superior Google+ but for now, I'm stuck with crappy old facebook

[Dutch guy]

Wow, it's almost like Facebook is evil. I'm so suprised...

[Evil Jim]

Thanks for the news & links. I've already shared this elsewhere.

[empath]

"Logout."

Hey, Facebook - you keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.

But this really doesn't surprise me at all; remember, people - Facebook users are NOT Zuckerberg's customers, but the commodity he sells to his actual customers...

[GreigKM]

You have no idea how long I've known this

That's why I block scripts....

[Mowinckel]

facebook are assholes... do not trust them and do not give them ANYTHING that you don't want EVERYBODY to know

do that, and it is fine

[Vigafre]

do not trust them and do not give them ANYTHING that you don't want EVERYBODY to know

do that, and it is fine

This is pretty much the number one rule of the Internet.

[Lord Chrusher]

I wish my IRL friends would move to the vastly superior Google+ but for now, I'm stuck with crappy old facebook

This.

[War Monkey782]

Google + looks better now

[TheRocket]

facebook are assholes... do not trust them and do not give them ANYTHING that you don't want EVERYBODY to know

do that, and it is fine

Except the point of this is that you aren't giving them the information. They are taking it, even when you're logged out.


I've given up on caring about facebook. I still use it because I'm forced to for certain organizations I'm a part of. I'm weaning myself off of it though, and the new layout and privacy changes are making it pretty easy. I <3 G +

[Geoff_B]

If it wasn't for the fact that almost everyone I know is on Facebook and almost no one I know is on G+ (apart from you guys) I'd switch to G+ in a heartbeat.

[WBAGNR]

If you live in the the UK, you can request facebook to tell you what info they have on you. This is due to the 1998 Data Protection act. They also have to burn a disc with all that info on.

Link: http://www.damnlol.com/watermarked/ea83e08059fd271293365560edd6d795.jpg

[EnglishMQ]

Whatever, I have nothing to hide, or at least nothing that couldn't be reasonably explained in 5 minutes to my parents.

[Digital Dolphin]

If it wasn't for the fact that almost everyone I know is on Facebook and almost no one I know is on G+ (apart from you guys) I'd switch to G+ in a heartbeat.

It was like that for me at first... but then I realized that G+ excels at connecting people with similar interests, and I made a ton of new friends and contacts there, which interact with me far more often, and TBH pleasantly than my real life friends on Facebook.

Currently, I look at each network in the following ways:

Google+: Good for networking, meeting new people, breaking news, security, art/creative, and tech discussions. Older audience, pleasant conversation.

Twitter: Good for bitching about shit like missed buses, coordinating meetups with friends (movie outings, dinners, etc), breaking news, and keeping up to date with peeps.

Facebook: Good for event sharing, finding out who is currently sleeping with who, who broke up with who, and learning more about passive-aggressive high school antics.

I am quickly realizing that I really don't NEED Facebook in my life. I hope Google+ launches event support soon.

[Gap Filler]

Whatever, I have nothing to hide, or at least nothing that couldn't be reasonably explained in 5 minutes to my parents.

I really wish I could have your lifestyle because you can clearly afford to be a damn sight more blasé about it.

[SilPho]

Is it uncommon to have nothing to hide? If so, maybe I'm doing it wrong.

[Danielle Pepin]

You want everyone to know when you're at home surfing versus out at the WiFi hotspot so someone can buy that info and rob you when they know you're not at home. Unlikely I know but with more and more sites like twitter and FB offering location to be included in status updates...they can guess your level of income based on where you go and how often too. Spam and phishing are reason enough to hide.

[JackSlack]

Goddammit, I just took the subject line literally and was now imagining plumbing sensors. Oh look, it's hitting the water treatment plant now.

[Lord Chrusher]

I had the same thought. I first though the title would be a good starting point for a video but then I remember the tweeting your poops thing had been done to death already.

[empath]

You want everyone to know when you're at home surfing versus out at the WiFi hotspot so someone can buy that info and rob you when they know you're not at home. Unlikely I know but with more and more sites like twitter and FB offering location to be included in status updates...they can guess your level of income based on where you go and how often too. Spam and phishing are reason enough to hide.

What I love is all the complaining about all these evil deeds Z and Co. are doing, while the complainers REMAIN on Facebook™.

Look, there's an easy solution to your problem...I stopped liking what Twitter was doing...and I STOPPED USING TWITTER (I think my condolences to the Layton family were my most recent tweet)

[Danielle Pepin]

I thought of the thread subject in the literal sense first too for a microsecond. Well, in Japan since they have cuter poop that's sometimes gold it would make more sense to track it.

[Digital Dolphin]

I'm curious if anyone has actually quit using Facebook over these issues?

As for me, I haven't, but I'm actively looking forward to the day I can once again quit facebook! Maybe next year if I'm lucky!

[Metcarfre]

It certainly reduced the amount I check it. Maybe once a week now. And in a separate browser (thanks, IE!).