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   Michael Trew to danny burstein   
   Re: Facebook data mining, was: A questio   
   21 Aug 21 23:46:03   
   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 8/21/2021 10:05 PM, danny burstein wrote:   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>>>> 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.   
      
   I've seen those, but I sure as hell won't "log in using Facebook"   
      
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