nsane.forums Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Australian writer and hacker Nik Cubrilovic has uncovered a flaw where Facebook continues to track you via cookies even after you have logged out from the service It turns out that Facebook has some serious security flaws, as it appears as though the social network still tracks its users after they have logged out from the service. An analysis (via BetaNews) from Australian writer and hacker Nik Cubrilovic has uncovered the flaw after he studied the states of cookies before and after you log out from Facebook. For those that aren’t aware, a “cookie” is an important part of authentication and log-on systems that stores data given from servers locally in your browser; however the improper use of cookies can lead to security flaws. All is normal in the cookie department while logging in to Facebook, but upon logout it was discovered that Facebook does not delete all the cookies that were created during log-in. In fact, two cookies are given new expiry dates and three new cookies are set. Cubrilovic discovered that logging out of Facebook does not actually delete the primary user identification cookies, so even if you are logged out of your account, when you visit websites with any Facebook Like or Share button the information is sent back to Facebook. Cubrilovic states that the only way to overcome this form of tracking is delete all your Facebook cookies to ensure you are not tracked while you are logged out. He also states that Facebook uses this information to suggest friends to you that use the same browser, which may be fine in most circumstances, but he goes on to mention the implications: If you login on a public terminal and then hit 'logout', you are still leaving behind fingerprints of having been logged in. As far as I can tell, these fingerprints remain (in the form of cookies) until somebody explicitly deletes all the Facebook cookies for that browser. Australian-born Nik Cubrilovic has mentioned this issue to Facebook on numerous occasions but has received no response so far. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Facebook: 'We don't track logged-out users' :troll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 ..and I wonder ho else people though you could jack-in to all of the known services and have them with you and everywhere all the time without it.. and all of the shared info... it wasn't by means of a psychic program now was it.. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veboy Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Facebook: 'We don't track logged-out users' :troll:JOTY [ Joke Of The Year ] :lmao: Cubrilovic states that the only way to overcome this form of tracking is delete all your Facebook cookies to ensure you are not tracked while you are logged out. I didn't get him clearly, What we should do exactly ? deleting cookies when we didn't logged-off and we're still signed-in or just when we logged-out ? or maybe using BetterPrivacy Add-on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 You know how to solve this problem.. disconnect all Facebook integrated services in other accounts and email, next delete everything in your account.. all of it.. Finally Close the account and don't go back.. Nothing will save you as long as you have this hooked into everything... in programs and websites.. and active.. AdBlock Plus is setup right now to block this sort of thing as well as my filtering.. firewall.. and I use BetterPrivacy as well as sandboxing my cookies..in a way..but it all get deleted . the thing is.. even as person who has let their account go deleted.. ( Hopefully by now ).. didn't take long for me to make the decision.. and everybody has some sort or form of this type of platform these days.. You can still.. wind up with cookies, and such in your system.. alot of which can even slow down your page loading times... really brought my attention to it in the first place.. so blocking the domin and everything that comes with it is good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 One way to get rid of this sort of tracking is the Flash Cookie Cleaner. Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 You know supposedly in version 6 and above FF is supposed to take of LSO's... ( I have no idea why I still have extra stuff for it installed ) curious about this now that I think about it.. For like the third time.. never did anything yet as far as testing it out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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