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Re:Facebook by davidjgraph on Thursday November 28, 2013 @03:25PM (#6816268)
I wonder why he doesn't suggest actively building a fake Facebook profile to dilute the accuracy of the information being mined? What's the worst that can happen, the account is blocked...
Re:Facebook by grecy on Thursday November 28, 2013 @03:57PM (#6816419)
By even going to the site, you are giving them data. They have your IP address, the unique attributes of your browser, etc. etc.

Once they figure out the profile is fake, they list you in the "trouble maker" category and step up monitoring that IP/browser combination until they know who you are, then they link that with everything they have on the real you (bank account, property, job, etc.)

Eventually, one day, you're trying to board a plane and you get denied because you've been known to disseminate "false or misleading information".

Playing their game validates it. Just don't play.

Re:Facebook by Resident_Geek on Friday November 29, 2013 @12:45AM (#6818048)
> Eventually, one day, you're trying to board a plane and you get denied because you've been known to disseminate "false or misleading information".

That's absurd. How do you picture Facebook achieving control over whether you can board an airplane?

Re:Facebook by mateo411 on Thursday November 28, 2013 @04:05PM (#6816459)
What unique aspects of your browser? The User-Agent header will tell you the kind of browser you have. However, it's unlikely that you are using a browser that's very unique.

They can use cookies to identify you. But you have to keep going back to their website.

Re:Facebook by grecy on Thursday November 28, 2013 @04:06PM (#6816466)
I'm unique among the 3.6 million tested so far.

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Re:Facebook by panacea on Thursday November 28, 2013 @04:26PM (#6816554)
I love fonts, and yet, they appear to also be my digital fingerprint.
Re:Facebook by eps on Friday November 29, 2013 @01:23AM (#6818149)
You know, I've been to this site several times, but noticed just now that it says "1 in 27588" about plugins of *stock iPad browser". This seems to be off, way off.
Re:Facebook by MrBra on Friday November 29, 2013 @04:19AM (#6818568)
Yes but that still makes your browser unique, isn't it?
Re:Facebook by acjohnson55 on Thursday November 28, 2013 @11:43PM (#6817923)
Hmm. It seems like my plugins give me away.
Re:Facebook by sebkomianos on Thursday November 28, 2013 @07:49PM (#6817321)
This is scary.
Re:Facebook by m4x on Friday November 29, 2013 @01:39PM (#6820477)
You don't have to go back to their website very often; your browsing is tracked every time you visit a page that has a 'Like' button. And as others have noted many people's browsers already have a unique fingerprint even while you are logged out of Facebook
Re:Facebook by lazyjones on Thursday November 28, 2013 @03:48PM (#6816374)
> What's the worst that can happen

Someone else might post something (wrong) that gets you in trouble because it's taken seriously.

Re:Facebook by duvet on Thursday November 28, 2013 @04:06PM (#6816464)
It contributes to activity and encourages whatever friends you might have on that account to stay. I don't think there's much benefit to that unless you dedicate some time to creating around a million fake accounts with no real friends.
Re:Facebook by nly on Thursday November 28, 2013 @05:49PM (#6816903)
Probably because RMS doesn't really use a web browser.

Text search for 'womb'

http://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html