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   danny burstein to All   
   Facebook data mining, was: A question ab   
   22 Aug 21 02:05:10   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
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   >>>> Facebook does a very good job of tracking you even if you don't use   
   >>>> Facebook. Amazon is working on getting there, too. Which is one of the   
   >>>> reasons (according to some articles) they've opened brick-and-mortar   
   >>>> stores.   
   >>   
   >> You can't avoid facebook.   
   >>   
      
   >If you don't have an account and don't go to their website, you still   
   >can't avoid them?  How does that work?   
      
   Think of all those websites you're looking at that   
   have any sort of FB link, ranging from "log in   
   using yr FB ID" to "like us on FB" to, well, lots   
   of other stuff that isn't visible...   
      
   Each time you go to one of these, FB Is Watching.   
      
      
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