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Facebook Can Track Your Browsing Even After You've Logged Out, Judge Says (theguardian.com)
A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation accusing Facebook of tracking users' internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website. From a report: The plaintiffs alleged that Facebook used the "like" buttons found on other websites to track which sites they visited, meaning that the Menlo Park, California-headquartered company could build up detailed records of their browsing history. The plaintiffs argued that this violated federal and state privacy and wiretapping laws. US district judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, dismissed the case because he said that the plaintiffs failed to show that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy or suffered any realistic economic harm or loss. Davila said that plaintiffs could have taken steps to keep their browsing histories private, for example by using the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out tool or using "incognito mode", and failed to show that Facebook illegally "intercepted" or eavesdropped on their communications.
Block all ads, all 3rd party scripts. All the time, with no exceptions.
If the site won't load without ads and 3rd party scripts enabled, then you don't need to see that content.
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As a safeguard, you should just never login to Facebook.
It shouldn't be unreasonable to expect that logging out of Facebook caused them to stop treating that browser window as being "you" for their purposes as well as yours.
You're special forces then? That's great! I just love your olympics!
If you sign up for Facebook, you have no expectation of privacy.
When using their site - with that caveat I'd agree with you. Affirmatively and explicitly choosing to log out of Facebook should restore that expectation of privacy, even if at some random point in the past you had indeed signed up.
You're special forces then? That's great! I just love your olympics!
The only winning move is not to play. Seriously, I've never had a Facebook account and I pity those millions who do.
You're probably playing to some extent, whether you realize it or not. I run No Script and an ad blocker, and I also don't have a Facebook account, so I'm probably better off than Joe Average when it comes to being tracked. I also do my best to make sure that friends and acquaintances don't post my name or picture. Even at that, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that FB knows a lot about me. If you think your abstinence from social media means you're not being tracked and commoditized, you're being naive.
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