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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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