Re:Facebook privacy targeted by Austrian law student
by sp332 on Saturday November 24, 2012 @12:55PM
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Facebook's "Like" buttons track you across the internet, even if you don't have an account. There's no way to opt-out of that, and there's no way to download or see that tracking data. If you don't have an account, other people can still tag you in photos and you can't opt-out (opting out requires having an account). The profile dump also doesn't tell you which "deleted" messages FB still has on the server because the other person hasn't deleted them. That dump is not even close to complete.
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Re:Facebook privacy targeted by Austrian law student
by Lewton on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:55PM
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>Facebook's "Like" buttons track you across the internet, even if you don't have an account. There's no way to opt-out of that
There's facebook disconnect for that
Chrome plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/facebook-disconnec...
Firefox add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/fbdc/
(Not that I think it's reaosnable you have to install a browser plugin to opt out of this, but they do exist!)
Re:Facebook privacy targeted by Austrian law student
by m8rl on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:47PM
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I have any of Facebook's servers I know of blocked in my hosts file for years now to avoid being tracked without my consent. Probably this will make my the number one suspect for the next highschool shooting in my area.