Facebook Tracks You through ‘Like’ Button.
source: http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/facebook-tracks-you-through-like-button/
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We know of sites tracking and despite denials to the contrary Facebook has been tracking information.
Google/Yahoo have also been accused of retaining information for a month.
Now the tracking seems to be done through the ‘Like’ Button.
Safety conscious Internet users are likely to avoid using this Button, thus denying the Links traffic.
Unwittingly the sites are resorting to actions that instead of increasing traffic are indirectly contributing to reduction in traffic.
Of course they, for the time being, might have temporary monetary advantage by using this information by selling personal information.
If Internet users become more Security conscious, the information sharing sites may be cooking their own goose unless they keep on devising new methods to steal personal information.
As an aside,why is it that negative news about Facebook is being brought out systematically in torrents of late?
http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/facebook-tracks-you-through-like-butto...
Google/Yahoo have also been accused of retaining information for a month.
Now the tracking seems to be done through the ‘Like’ Button.
Safety conscious Internet users are likely to avoid using this Button, thus denying the Links traffic.
Unwittingly the sites are resorting to actions that instead of increasing traffic are indirectly contributing to reduction in traffic.
Of course they, for the time being, might have temporary monetary advantage by using this information by selling personal information.
If Internet users become more Security conscious, the information sharing sites may be cooking their own goose unless they keep on devising new methods to steal personal information.
As an aside,why is it that negative news about Facebook is being brought out systematically in torrents of late?
http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/facebook-tracks-you-through-like-butto...
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