Facebook Sued For Violating Wiretap Laws

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 16, 2011 @11:46AM from the join-the-club dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook is being sued in multiple states for tracking its users even after they logged out of the service. All the lawsuits allege the company violated federal wiretap laws. The most recent lawsuit, filed by a Mississippi woman, says: 'Leading up to September 23, 2011, Facebook tracked, collected, and stored its users’ wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to portions of their internet browsing history even when the users were not logged-in to Facebook. Plaintiff did not give consent or otherwise authorize Facebook to intercept, track, collect, and store her wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to her internet browsing history when not logged-in to Facebook.'"

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Re:Dumb Question by loimprevisto · 2011-10-16 11:59 · Score: 1, Redundant

Here, let me google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+does+facebook+track+you

Short answer: mostly by setting cookies in your browser, but with several other tricks as well.

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