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Facebook Caught ‘Inadvertently’ Tracking You Once You Log Off

  • Facebook cookies were accidentally tracking other sites users went to, even after they logged off. The cookies sent this information to Facebook.
  • Facebook has fixed what it says was a malfunction in its software.
  • Advice: Log off Facebook when done. Remove Facebook cookies. Use a different browser when you get on Facebook.
  • Social media sites are figuring out what their role is in protecting user information and freedom of speech.

Love it, hate it, view it as a necessary evil. However you feel about social media sites, they are tracking you one way or another, cataloging your movements on their site — and sometimes off it. Take Facebook.

Facebook was recently exposed as “inadvertently” tracking your web movements, even after you logged off its site. Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic, like many alarmed by the upcoming Timeline changes to Facebook that will automatically populate your profile with items from your past or sites you’re viewing, looked into how to disable this feature, which could “accidentally share a page or an event that you did not intend others to see.” Cubrilovic writes another blogger’s advice to combat this problem is to log off Facebook. But that isn’t enough:

[...] logging out of Facebook only de-authorizes your browser from the web application, a number of cookies (including your account number) are still sent along to all requests to Facebook.com. Even if you are logged out, Facebook still knows and can track every page you visit. The only solution is to delete every Facebook cookie in your browser, or to use a separate browser for Facebook interactions.

Social Media Tracking Continues, Facebook Fixed

Blogger Nik Cubrilovic

Once this revelation went viral, Facebook announced its cookies were unintentionally tracking sending information to the company and that the problem has been resolved. Daily Mail has more:

[...] Facebook claims the cookies no longer send information while you are logged out of its site. If you are logged in to Facebook, the cookies will still send the information, and they remain on your computer unless you manually delete them.

They send Facebook your IP address — the ‘unique identifier’ address of your PC — and information on whether you have visited millions of websites: anything with a Facebook ‘like’ or ‘recommend’ button on it.

‘We place cookies on the computer of the user,’ said a Facebook spokesperson — and admitted that some Facebook cookies send back the address of users’ PCs and sites they had visited, even while logged out.

‘Three of these cookies inadvertently included unique identifiers when the user had logged out of Facebook. We did not store these for logged out users. We could not have used this information.’

However, the site spokesperson said that the ‘potential issue’ had now been ‘fixed’ so that the cookies will no longer broadcast information: ‘We fixed the cookies so they won’t include unique information in the future when people log out.’

OnStar was also slammed by public outcry when it was revealed last week that even when the service was canceled it was still tracking previous subscribers. Yesterday, GM announced it was reversing this policy due to customer dissatisfaction.

Even after Facebook’s fix, in a later blog post Cubrilovic writes that he still recommends “users clear cookies or use a separate browser” when using Facebook, in addition to logging out:

I believe Facebook when they describe what these cookies are used for, but that is not a reason to be complacent on privacy issues and to take initiative in remaining safe.

Social Media Tracking Continues, Facebook Fixed

In addition to logging off Facebook, Cubrilovic recommends removing cookies and using a different browser.

While social media continues to struggle with privacy issues every day, it is also figuring out what it should do to protect users information and right to free speech, as PC World states, “in the face of government authority.” PC World, in one of three installments looking at rights with regard to use of technology, reports that how social media sites will censor you, share information or shut you down largely depends on which site it is:

If the U.S. government tries to censor or even shut off your access to a social network entirely (as British Prime Minister David Cameron almost did during the riots in England last month), you’ll want to know which networks have the best record of working to protect user rights.

Social Media Tracking Continues, Facebook Fixed

PC World writes that Twitter, which is the only social media site so far that has published Guidelines for Law Enforcement, is the best at protecting users rights, while Google and Facebook are still figuring out where they stand with their “responsibility of supporting free speech.”

One example of social media and technology companies beginning to figure out their roll in freedom of speech is reactions to the “Third Palestinian Intifada” — a movement calling for a violent uprising of Palestinians against Israel. Facebook reportedly removed one of its pages calling for the uprising for becoming “hateful, violent vitriol.” The Blaze reported in June that it found this page was still posted on the site, although it does not appear to be active today. Apple also removed its “3rd intifada” iPhone application as it “violates the developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people.”

Comments (89)

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:34pm

    Facebook is a government agent. Though they are not directly ran by the government, they work in partnership. Facebook is basically a stooge for the government providing them information about everyone, including facial recognition software. It’s the perfect government Trojan horse. You have people willingly sharing all the information about themselves because it’s a semi-private company and not gov’t owned, but the gov’t is right there monitoring everyone. You can bet the gov’t had now a pic of everyone through FB and their facial recognition software. Someday we’ll look back and say “2008, the year that freedom robbing Facebook went online.” It will be like the Terminator movie where people try to time travel back to stop that robotic arm that started skynet, only this time it will be to stop Facebook from taking off. Besides, Facebook ripped off myspace and got away with it. You’re best off not having Facebook or putting as little information about you on it as possible.

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    • BloodyArtist22
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 2:47pm

      You know….I believe it. Because military folks such as myself are still allowed to go onto Facebook (and YouTube, of all things) during working hours. The key is that admirals and such use Facebook and YouTube so we’re allowed to as well. All other “personal” sites are blocked from the network. Guaranteed there is something fishy going on when I’m allowed Facebook. In a way, the government would be tracking itself…and the troops that are on the payroll.

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    • On The Bayou
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 3:32pm

      Forget Facebook, the internet allows the government to track your every move in the first place. Although I don`t have a facebook account because I think it`s stupid to try and share something with someone and you have an audience while doing so. I don`t need my so called friends knowing my every move or need them in my personal business. Nor do I give a rats a$$ about their evey move. But somehow having any number of people in your dailey business has become kool. I don`t get it.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 3:51pm

      good reason to stay off face book, twitter et al.

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    • heyjim55
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 4:00pm

      You are correct they are a Government agent and have been so since the beginning, so is Google I have no Facebook account and use Google sparingly however it is almost impossible for us to evade tracking. I have said all along that Facebook one day will be used by law enforcement and the Federal Government as part of your overall personal file that they will keep to track and to convict you on anything they want.

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    • JESUS-IS-LORD
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 4:18pm

      This is no surprise. Humans love talking about themselves, which is their own destruction.

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    • jado1981
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 6:03pm

      You are tracked with almost everything you do… Take measures to slow/stop that. Use http://ixquick.com/eng/ instead of google or yahoo… Use opera or firefox to stop and limit cookies. They are actively tracking you, don’t be afraid to actively block it.

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  • MrObvious
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:21pm

    There are a whole bunch of add-ons for FireFox that block cookies, trackers, and that sort of thing.
    Some of the best reasons to switch from Internet Explorer or Safari to FireFox are the add-ons.

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  • 408 CheyTac
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:20pm

    The price of thinking anyone needed to know every moment of your day.

    You use the service, and now you pay the price. Oh, I’m sorry, you really thought it was “free”? Then not only are you clueless, you deserve what you get. You thought you were really in control of pix/posts you made? Bahahahahahah…. No wonder this country is screwed with people that believe such crap not being institutionalized.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:58pm

    This is a new post about my earlier post~~~ if anyone out there really knows how to quit facebook, please advise here as we have tried for months to disconnect. Seems their umbilical cord reaches a long, long, long most unwanted way……

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:25pm

      If your concerned about third party tracking cookies than be concerned about the 20 plus that are loaded when you come here. Anyone that is dump enough to provide any personal information to social media sites deserves what they get. As far as protecting yourself there are several good apps that mask you IP address and MAC address. The MAC address is the unique identifier that is associated with your computer. Keep in mind however that you ISP can still keep track and create a profile on all your serving behavior.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:55pm

    Something even scarier than this FB tracker! The Fed wants to track opinion polls/info of ALL the social media sites!!

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/44701381

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  • TxMadMac
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:46pm

    Ya know folks, I still close the door on my bathroom when in use. Guess i’ll close the door on facebook permanetly ! Cookies my a$$.! Malfunction ? I don’t think so ! Intentional ? Most definately !!!

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  • wezzie
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:38pm

    LOCKED: I‘m one of those people that don’t understand about cookies. I had my daughter set my PC up for me. I guess you could call me one of those illiterates. I take it older people shouldn’t be on line. Sorry for taking up space on here.

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    • vtxphantom
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:48pm

      It takes time to learn, but don’t give up. In time it will make sense. You are needed online.

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 2:08pm

      Old people should be all means be online. They should also learn about how the internet works instead of freaking out over articles like this. Hint: the Blaze has multiple cookies to track where you go as well (even more if you’re signed in as a user). Cookies are standard operating procedure, not some dark, nefarious plot unique to Facebook.

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:22pm

    If you think this is bad, check this article out http://guerillatics.com/?p=1222
    It seems privacy is a thing of the past. Even the fed recently said that it will be monitoring blogs to see what people are saying about them. You are being tracked several different ways.

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    • CatB
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:34pm

      This cr*p needs to stop NOW… they have NO business tracking PRIVATE citizens .. not OnStar not Facebook .. no one!

      TEA!

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:45pm

      there is a simple solution to get people to stop listening to you…

      hypothetically speaking of course…
      anyone could write a virus which post “watched buzz words” constantly to social media sites and sends emails of the same content to officials…. after 6 million people have this virus… they will have to disregard everything everyone says.

      this would be the same as speaking nonsense over and over when you are being eavesdropped upon.

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    • korbin
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 4:19pm

      Thanks for the site information. I read the article very well put together. I still have to research the site a bit more to make sure its inline with my christian, conservative Pro gun views but so far looks right up my alley. Thanks

      Korbin

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  • Jumper
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:11pm

    Just a little follow up. I turned off my internet cookies and couldn’t even log into facebook. I just kept redirecting me to the log in page. I turned them back on and guess what? Signed in with no problem. I‘m no computer whiz and don’t know exactly what that means, but it seems fishy………….

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    • LetThereBeLight
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:18pm

      That’s not good…

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    • rukiddinme59
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:46pm

      That’s right but you many browsers will allow you to delete all cookies upon exit. You can also use a program like Window Washer to clear your history, cookies, etc. upon booting your computer. There are options for you to fight back as I have for years. You will lose some convenience aspects with other website logins but that’s a small price to pay for privacy. You can also use and IP address hider. It will issue you a fake IP address when you sign in and can be set to rotate IP addresses on a set time if you like. This helps you surf the web anonymously.

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:55am

    Who cares? I have nothing to hide and will speak my mind as long as I have the legal right and if need be, may do it illegally…lol. I want the world to know what I have to say without pounding the streets and acting like a fool after taking my bedroom shoes off….lol. I want Obama to know I’m complainin…lol.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:30pm

      Actually, a lot of people care. While we may not be doing anything illegal, it’s NO ONEs business what we do. If we want people to know, we post it or say it. Privacy is all but gone. Allowing government into our lives is all about the ‘end game’. There are so many possibilities that information can be used against you when privacy is no longer there that it’s mind boggling.

      Perhaps Zuckerberg is using this information to help his network, or to just sell to the highest bidder. But, perhaps he is, instead, gathering information that he is sharing with his friends at the white house since we know he’s in bed with the obama administration. (Seems these idiots make their billions and then want to ensure no one else has a shot at it any longer — nice of them, eh?). Whether or not he is is irrelevant. The problem is that he can if he wishes to.

      I have to use facebook for my businesses, but I use it in a pretty limited fashion. What I am doing every minute of the day, or when I am gone and traveling is no one elses business. Some people must leave awfully boring and pathetic lives to post all the crap they do on some of these social networks.

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  • ScottyRawdy
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:55am

    As if these facts about FB aren’t bad enough.. It has been reported that FB will be introducing a ‘Union” Style Democratic Party fund from their employees & FB business profits.

    I promise EVERYONE in the WORLD THIS……………I AM WRITING CODE AS WE SPEAK TO CREATE A NEW TYPE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE THAT WILL END FB’S MONOPOLY & ENHANCE SOCIAL NETWORKING IN A NEW FUTURISTIC & “HONEST” WAY !!!

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  • jessieH
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:48am

    Never use it, never will.

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  • TheBloodOfTyrants
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:47am

    When are you people (the ones still using social networking sites) gonna realize you should stop?! Every month these guys get busted doing something else shady with your cookies and other info on your PC (@Locked- Yes, we all know about cookies, but FB and social networking is taking to another level), and every month they say, “OH! Uhhhh… we won’t do it anymore!” Please. What that means is, they‘re gonna rewrite it so it’s harder to find. Mass exodus, people. Socialize in the real world.

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:00pm

      So you don’t like Facebook; that’s fine. This article was about cookies. That’s exactly the same sort of “tracking” that any site with cookies does. It just mentioned facebook because people are likely to be paranoid about social networking already; and admittedly Facebook has had a history of shady dealings. But not on the cookie issue; that’s SOP.

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    • TheBloodOfTyrants
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:20pm

      Does TheBlaze continue to use cookies to broadcast and collect IP info after logging out? No. Does TheBlaze have an app for your phone that, OOPS, happens to “provide” all your contact’s phone numbers without your knowledge or permission once you install it? No. Hell, Google doesn’t even do this! Pull Zuck’s cack outta yer mouth, bro, and open your eyes. Quit defending what is obviously a shady, unwelcome intrusion. And just one of many, and more to come, I’m sure.

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    • TheBloodOfTyrants
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:32pm

      And, btw, it’s not and article about cookies that mentioned FB, it’s about FB being caught (again) tracking you in very unconventional ways. Did you actually read the story, or at least the title? “FACEBOOK CAUGHT ‘INADVERTENTLY’ TRACKING YOU ONCE YOU LOG OFF.”

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:20pm

      @TheBloodOfTyrants Do you practice being wrong or does it come naturally. The Blaze loads no less than 20 third party tracking cookies that continue to record and track browsing activities after you log off the Blaze unless you delete those cookies. It is not about what Facebook does or does not do, it is about what the majority of web sites, ISPs and social media companies are doing with tracking cookies and the violation of privacy associated with the collection of who you are, where you are (location), what web sites your frequenting and what you are buying. This information is used to create profiles which are shared by and sold. There is no difference here.

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 2:09pm

      “Does TheBlaze continue to use cookies to broadcast and collect IP info after logging out? No. ”
      Hahaha, oh boy.

      Short answer: yes.
      Longer answer: Heck yes.

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    • TheBloodOfTyrants
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 4:06pm

      Jrook and Locked are the same @$$hole. Coward(s). Laughable.

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 4:20pm

      “Jrook and Locked are the same @$$hole. Coward(s). Laughable.”

      Er, right. I’m just going to assume that you checked the cookies from this site and realized, oh… they are there.

      You don’t even need to, actually. Go to the main page. See the ads on the top of the screen? Why do you think -those- ads were chosen? It’s because the cookies from this site track where you surf in order to generate relevant ads and they think they appeal to you. The exact same way as recommendations on the top-right side of facebook show ads and groups you might like from where you surf and who you look at.

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  • Madeuce
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:42am

    Always set your browser to delete cookies when exiting your browser. :-)

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  • swenk
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:40am

    “Facebook announced its cookies were unintentionally tracking” sure… they are sounding like politicians…

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    • Countrygirl1362
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:57am

      Makes you wonder how much of the info they are supplying the govt. with. Just another arm of Big Brother.

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  • jonycatjenkins
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:33am

    Just one more reason I am glad I dumped facebook.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:47am

      Do you think Facebook is the only website that tracks your moves? How many track your moves? 1,2,3,4…….

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:50pm

      Jonycatjenkins~~~ Sorry to tell you, but you haven’t “quit” facebook. You cannot, no matter what you do. Once on, always connected. Rather like “Hotel California”.

      If anyone knows differently, please advise here. We have tried to get off for months, all to no avail. Our daughter who is a devoted fb lover and user told me, “Oh, sure you’re off” only to swallow her words as she somehow connected to see we were still on……………. NOT GOOD NEWS, FOLKS.

      Never “assume”.

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 1:32pm

      You can technically quite. But the agreement states that they can maintain the information you provided willingly for an indefinite period. Geez how do people think these sites are able to derive the revenue they do. It’s not from pop ups and click throughs anymore. What amazes me is the number of third party cookies that people allow to be loaded from sites the pay a membership fee for. The one time I checked GBTV also loaded some third party cookies. You‘ll have to check again yourself as I wouldn’t even consider signing up.

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  • KraemerIV
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:27am

    Be conscious of where you go and what you write. If you don‘t think these sites aren’t compiling info that can be used in the future for any reason you are naive. Gps, cameras everywhere, on-star… what have we become? 21st century, the world is on fire, nobody can trust anyone. Where will it lead? Prepare for the coming insurrection that is being fomented. The real zombies want to eat your success because they are being infected with the notion it has been stolen from them.

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  • TheBloodOfTyrants
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:25am

    I deleted my FB months ago and never looked back, except to laugh at the people still using it! lol This is so typical. I can’t wait to hear of the coming mass exodus of FB accounts. Better yet, I can’t wait to see if that FB attack goes down successfully :) People worry and complain about the Gov tracking their everymove, while they list their damn cell phone numbers on their FB accounts. You idiots! Eff social networking. It’s time will come.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:32am

      I deleted mine also. Was always a tolerable/hate relationship. Knew they were tracking from numerous page redirects. The problem is…..even after closing and deleting, I still see a page re-direct to FB. Their tracking continues. Next stop…..Apple store to see if they can eliminate the tracking. Otherwise, I’ll try a complete restore/reboot to new. Might be time for a new computer. I hate FB.

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    • TheBloodOfTyrants
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:33am

      Good job. I’m trying to get my family to follow suit. Don’t forget to wipe the app off your phone. It probably already got your contacts list.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:39am

      BTW, who would trust FB’s founder to begin with? Everything, including my ID, was a lie when I set up the account. I know I gave away some info by default, i.e. computer ID and extended family. But, Zuckerberg is a liberal, godless, self-centered man who created FB to exact revenge. Not exactly honorable intentions from it’s founding.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:42am

      Thanks but never got the app for my phone or accessed it from there. I have the same sense that a mass exodus will occur. My high tech niece is moving the google plus. Of course, I’m not following……same story, different leech company.

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  • Jumper
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:20am

    Not surprising, disgusting, but not suprising. Big Brother is everywhere. If somebody invented a computer that prevented any/all of this electronic spying, by any/everyone, they’d make Bill Gates look poor in a matter of weeks. This is the reason that my internet connection is unplugged if I’m not on the internet. The way I understand it, your computer can be “looked” into even when off, that’s the problem with this “high-speed” always on internet connections. It can‘t be looked into if it isn’t connected.

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    • TheBloodOfTyrants
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:32am

      Lights Out Management (LOM) Creepy stuff. Handy, in my particular profession, but very creepy.

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:35am

      You realize that this site does the exact same thing?

      No, I suppose you don’t. Almost all sites that have ads use cookies to track your browsing habits and tailor the ads to your tastes.

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    • Uncle Tom
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:17pm

      “The way I understand it, your computer can be “looked” into even when off”

      Let me set your mind at ease, friend. No one can access your machine’s hard drive when it is powered off. The drive isn’t just full of files waiting to be “looked” into. It is (in most cases) a pair of magnetic discs or platters that require power to be read from or written to.

      p.s. A decent firewall (hardware or software) is a much better idea than simply unplugging your network cable.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:18am

    Face it folks; we’re on all kinds of lists.

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  • jrcess
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:17am

    Facebook’s motive? They are crooks, end of story.

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:21am

      So a.visualrevenue.com, abmr.net, ad.yieldmanager.com, adnxs.com, atdmt.com, beacon-1.newrelic.com, doubleclick.net, imrworldwide.com, invitemedia.com, media6degrees.com, premierinteractive.com, quantserve.com, revsci.net, scorecardresearch.com, syn.verticalacuity.com, tag.ad.med.com, tribalfusion.com, turn.com, yahoo.com or google.com are Ok???

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    • BarCalliyon
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:31am

      Thats exactly what he said JROOK that all of them are ok and its only facebook. I can tell by the tone of his writing……

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:42am

      @BarCalliyon If you not aware these are the third party cookies that are loaded from this site. And no they are not deleted when you leave, unless you delete them. How about a report about these cookies and why a site might be providing them access to their users.

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  • V-MAN MACE
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:11am

    Facebook is ABSOLUTELY NOT NSA/CIA tracking software.

    Nothing to see here.

    Facebook away…stupid sheep.

    RESIST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!

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  • Locked
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:11am

    It’s like people have never heard of cookies before. The PC illiterate will read this and go “Oh no facebook, you’re so evil!“ while someone with any experience will read it and say ”Who doesn’t clear their cookies already anyway?”

    The article should really be called “People don’t understand how really really REALLY basic stuff on the internet works, and then panic.“ Subtitle could be ”Ignorance is actually not bliss. Go figure.”

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  • VISITORNUMBER3
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:10am

    This web site does almost the same thing. Maybe not once you log out but it definitely keeps track. I can tell by the ads that are in the margins…

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:12am

      Exactly, I keep getting videogame ads to come up and think to myself “Huh, that’s not really Blaze-relevant.”

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:19am

      You are correct and trust me the third party cookies loaded, there are 20 of them loaded from this site, stay and keep track of you if they are not deleted. This kind of report from a group that performs the same monitoring and profiling of users speaks volumes. Its about money, not ideology.

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  • 11:11
    Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:08am

    this is among the many reasons i cancelled my facebook account, which is kind of a bummer sometimes ,but for privacy, i’ll live

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 28, 2011 at 11:16am

      Then I guess your not worried about…
      a.visualrevenue.com, abmr.net, ad.yieldmanager.com, adnxs.com, atdmt.com, beacon-1.newrelic.com, doubleclick.net, imrworldwide.com, invitemedia.com, media6degrees.com, premierinteractive.com, quantserve.com, revsci.net, scorecardresearch.com, syn.verticalacuity.com, tag.ad.med.com, tribalfusion.com, turn.com, yahoo.com or google.com??

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