Re:Why I quit Facebook
by kevinburke on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @12:34AM
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This isn't the article I was looking for, but it presents the main problems: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-11-15/facebook-...
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Re:Why I quit Facebook
by hellotoast on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @12:43AM
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Thanks. This is what they say:
> each time you visit a third-party webpage that has a Facebook
> Like button... the unique characteristics of your PC and browser,
> such as your IP address, screen resolution, operating system and
> browser version, are also recorded.
> Bejar acknowledged that Facebook could learn where specific
> members go on the Web when they are logged off by matching the
> unique PC and browser characteristics.... He emphasized that
> Facebook makes it a point not to do this. "We've said that we
> don't do it, and we couldn't do it without some form of consent
> and disclosure," Bejar says.