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I was thinking about this a couple of days ago - with Like buttons appearing all over the internet, Facebook has the ability to log what sites you visit, when y
by jonalexr 15y ago
I was thinking about this a couple of days ago - with Like buttons appearing all over the internet, Facebook has the ability to log what sites you visit, when you visit them, etc. Question is, do they? To what extent?
- Tichy 15y agoOf course they do. To the maximum extent they can manage. As the saying goes: if you are using a web service for free, you are not their customer, you are their product (or something like that).
- icebraining 15y agoPaying is irrelevant. How many websites hide the FB buttons if you subscribe to them?
- Tichy 15y agoI meant you don't pay for Facebook. Facebook is collecting the data, not the sites who add the Like button.
- finiteloop 15y agoThe purpose of the Like button is to enable you to share stuff back to Facebook when you click on it. We anonymize all logging data collected as a byproduct of serving the Like button and other social plugins within 90 days of their collection. See https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=186325668085084 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=186325668085084. Bret Taylor CTO, Facebook
- sneak 15y agoWhat happens within that 90 days? Why not anonymize it within 90 seconds?
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