Re:Swipe Left: Privacy Practices of Online Dating Apps
by ozpri on Saturday October 21, 2017 @01:25PM
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I'm sure this is true, but what if you leverage something like PiHole and browser extensions like Privacy badger or uBlock? Surely, these offer some tangible protection against this kind of sharing?
Re:Swipe Left: Privacy Practices of Online Dating Apps
by rhizome on Saturday October 21, 2017 @01:57PM
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"Did you see what their browser was wearing? No wonder."
Re:Swipe Left: Privacy Practices of Online Dating Apps
by untog on Saturday October 21, 2017 @11:59AM
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How will Facebook know I viewed a page which has no FB tracking on it? I didn't see a Like button.
Re:Swipe Left: Privacy Practices of Online Dating Apps
by dl904 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @12:00PM
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The website is sending out a request to connect.facebook.net
As a rough estimate, maybe 90% of the top 10,000 websites will send out (multiple) HTTP(S) requests to Google and Facebook from your browser.
After clicking on this article, Google, Facebook and LinkedIn will know that you are interested in the privacy practices of online dating apps.
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use:
Data Retention: --Sending HTTP requests to Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn results in the collection of this metadata and possibly data by your national and possibly foreign government surveillance organizations...---Data retention by your national surveillance organization...: