Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance risk than Facebook

Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by xorcist on Saturday April 07, 2018 @09:51AM (#16780688)

I think you underestimate the prevalence of the like button. Facebook runs code in your browser on lot of other web pages out there. Probably second only to Google.

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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by chiefalchemist on Sunday April 08, 2018 @03:17PM (#16787759)

Yes. I agree. That said I can't remember the last time I liked something outside FB.

Liking a comment has to be tough to surmise "intent."

p.s. fwiw I'm getting to the point where I'm going to like and follow things just to leave a false trail. Can't hurt.

The fact that typically my FB feed is so shite only tells me they have a long way to go before they analyze the signals I provide them.

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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by theclaw on Sunday April 08, 2018 @06:56PM (#16788987)

You don't have to explicitly like anything for FB to track your usage on practically every website that has a Facebook button. The fact that the site displays the like button in your browser is enough to give Facebook whatever info Facebook wants about your activity on the site.

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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by chiefalchemist on Monday April 09, 2018 @07:42AM (#16792126)

Ok. Fair enough.

But there are borwser extensions to block that, yes?

Note: That's not a tit for tat counter attack but a question. Tia

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