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Facebook Confirms New Cookie-Tracking Issue

Posted by timothy on from the issue-is-such-a-nice-bland-word dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook is once again setting its datr cookie via the Like button and other social plugins on third-party websites. The datr cookie can be used for tracking users whether you are logged in or logged out of the service. Facebook has confirmed this is indeed a bug, but says that it is limited in scope and that it will be fixed today. Talk about damage control."

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  1. Re:Bullshit... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This IS a bug. As in "I think this phone is bugged".

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  2. Re:Adblock by _0xd0ad · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's my list.

    ||facebook.com^$third-party,domain=~facebook.net|~fbcdn.com|~fbcdn.net
    ||facebook.net^$third-party,domain=~facebook.com|~fbcdn.com|~fbcdn.net
    ||fbcdn.com^$third-party,domain=~facebook.com|~facebook.net|~fbcdn.net
    ||fbcdn.net^$third-party,domain=~facebook.com|~facebook.net|~fbcdn.com

    A few more domain exceptions on my home FF installation to permit certain Facebook Apps to work correctly.

  3. Re:Bullshit... by ArhcAngel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is a bug to Facebook as in oops they can still tell we are doing it.

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    "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
  4. Re:Adblock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    ghostery... google it.