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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracki... by coldtea on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:16PM (#26547230)
>Is Facebook really a "direct participant" if I have no way to know that their widget is even on the site until I visit it, at which point they have already participated and I have no way to avoid it?

If you meet someone at some office for an interview or a negotiation or something, and a third party is there whose presense was not announced beforehand, aren't they a "direct participant"?

And didn't you also had "no way to know that they would even be there" until you visited that location?

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracki... by gwerbret on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:25PM (#26547352)
In the example you gave, I have the opportunity to interact with this third party, demand to know why they're there, and may choose to leave, with my privacy intact, if I don't like their presence. This is all part of the process of informed consent.

Clearly this analogy, particularly with respect to "informed" and "consent", does not apply to a Facebook widget on a site.

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