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I'm curious - if I have a clean browser history(no Facebook login ever), and Facebook still tracks me, how does that information benefit Facebook? Alternative

• rockinghigh 9y ago
  Their official stance is that these cookies are used for fraud detection: https://www.facebook.com/notes/alex-stamos/preserving-security-in-belgium/10153678944202929 https://www.facebook.com/notes/alex-stamos/preserving-securi... In theory, Facebook could also sell these ghost profiles to web sites that have the Facebook like button or Facebook comments and want to show personalized ads.
• KanyeBest 9y ago
  >Alternatively, how does it affect me? They still record your IP address and link it to all the sites you visit that have a facebook script.