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Re:Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers by ahoyhere on Friday May 21, 2010 @04:08AM (#1366740)
OP's #3 above with the cookie pointing seems to tell the lie to, well, that lie.

You can't put it past big co's (or even small co's, and individuals) to come up with the strategy:

1. We'll do this naughty thing

2. We'll make it look accidental

3. Then if anyone finds out, we'll pretend to be bumpkins

It's a classic foil. Basically, it's a reverse pool shark hustle.

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Re:Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers by seldo on Friday May 21, 2010 @12:30PM (#1367826)
The cookie thing is definitely a different matter. I was referring to the portion that is making all the headlines, which is Facebook "giving advertisers names and ages of people who clicked ads" (see http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-myspace-busted-for-t... ). They did no such thing.
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Re:Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers by msg on Friday May 21, 2010 @10:07AM (#1367342)
"Reverse pool shark hustle"

I would call this pulling a W.

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