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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Facebook data mining, was: A questio   
   21 Aug 21 23:06:34   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Just this Saturday, Michael Trew puzzled about:   
   > 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"   
      
   Doesn't matter.  You're still tracked.   
      
   /dps   
      
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