b555 Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Canberra, Sept 26 (ANI): An Australian technologist has claimed that Facebook can track the web pages you visit, even when you are logged out of the social networking giant. According to Wollongong-based Nik Cubrilovic, when the user is logged out of Facebook, rather than deleting its tracking cookies, the site merely modifies them, maintaining account information and other unique tokens that can be used to identify its users. This simply means that any time you visit a web page with a Facebook button or widget, your browser is still sending personally identifiable information back to Facebook. "Even if you are logged out, Facebook still knows and can track every page you visit," Cubrilovic wrote in a blog post. "The only solution is to delete every Facebook cookie in your browser, or to use a separate browser for Facebook interactions," he added. Cubrilovic said he tried to contact Facebook to inform it of his discovery but did not get a reply, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. He said there were significant risks to the privacy of users, particularly those using public terminals to access Facebook. "Facebook are front-and-centre in the new privacy debate just as Microsoft were with security issues a decade ago," Cubrilovic said. "The question is what it will take for Facebook to address privacy issues and to give their users the tools required to manage their privacy and to implement clear policies - not pages and pages of confusing legal documentation, and 'logout' not really meaning 'logout'," he added. (ANI) http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Facebook-tracks-online-even-ani-678480188.html
Sidhoni Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Just saw this on Yahoo If this is true, ridiculous
b555 Posted September 27, 2011 Author Posted September 27, 2011 Just saw this on Yahoo If this is true, ridiculous its jst *****y regarding all the privacy stuff they keep advertising about
Stuge Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Everything is tracked and monitored these days :| if this is true then solution for Facebook is to use FB with a particular browser ,which you use rarely like IE, and delete the history, cookies when logs out .
zubinpepsi Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Everything is tracked and monitored these days :| if this is true then solution for Facebook is to use FB with a particular browser ,which you use rarely like IE, and delete the history, cookies when logs out . an easier and better solution would be to remove facebook.. i did mine some weeks ago... and i find out that my social life is the same or ever better.. i lost nothing by removing myself from facebook..
Sachinism Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 More detailed info here: http://nikcub-static.appspot.com/logging-out-of-facebook-is-not-enough There's a facebook tech guy trying to explain/justify everything in the comments
anotherhawkeye Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 an easier and better solution would be to remove facebook.. i did mine some weeks ago... and i find out that my social life is the same or ever better.. i lost nothing by removing myself from facebook.. A lot of websites do this kind of tracking...deleting all cookies automatically when closing your browser is a better option..
Sachin=GOD Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 an easier and better solution would be to remove facebook.. i did mine some weeks ago... and i find out that my social life is the same or ever better.. i lost nothing by removing myself from facebook.. I never even joined Fb. Its a complete waste of time.
akshayxyz Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Why just facebook..check this out, who else tracks your data - and through the websites you wouldn't imagine. http://blogs.wsj.com/wtk/
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