Watchdog Advocates Privacy Software To Hide From Facebook's All-Seeing Eye

[steven36]

A Belgian watchdog says “Facebook tramples on European and Belgian privacy laws” by tracking non-users' Internet activity. Privacy advocates have long been warning about Facebook's data collection policies and have recommended a number of privacy programs that can be used to shield non-users from the social networking site's eyes.

William Debeuckelaere, president of the Belgian privacy commission, told Facebook to stop monitoring the Web cookies of Internet users who have either never used Facebook or logged out of the site only to continue being monitored. In the meantime he recommended that users download privacy software, in part because Facebook can link an individual's online activity to his real identity, thus helping advertisers follow the user through the Internet almost uninterrupted. They're able to do so with cookies, the small identification files downloaded to computers when they visit most websites.

Disabling cookies is easy. Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and other mainstream browsers all include settings options that make it possible to limit the number of sites authorized to inject cookies onto a computer. There's also a handful of reliable plug-ins – AdBlock Plus, No Script and uBlock, to name a few – that block the advertisements cookies enable.

The Belgian privacy commission's opinion, published Friday, called on Facebook to follow a European law forcing websites to notify users on their first visit that they'll be tracked with cookies.

“Facebook tramples on European and Belgian privacy laws,” the commission said, as quoted by Reuters, adding that Facebook only adheres to privacy laws in Ireland, where its European headquarters are located. “Facebook has shown itself particularly miserly in giving answers.”

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[knowledge-Spammer]

neveruse facebook

[steven36]

neveruse facebook

I don't ether but this about , say you don't sign in and just read something at Facebook logged out, there setting cookies on your computer and tracking you even though you don't belong to it or not signed in. ;)

[knowledge-Spammer]

neveruse facebook

I don't ether but this about , say you don't sign in and just read something at Facebook logged out, there setting cookies on your computer and tracking you even though you don't belong to it or not signed in. ;)

am i ok on shadow mode?

[steven36]

neveruse facebook

I don't ether but this about , say you don't sign in and just read something at Facebook logged out, there setting cookies on your computer and tracking you even though you don't belong to it or not signed in. ;)

am i ok on shadow mode?

If your using your real ip your not . When i read anything at facebook I always keep cookies blocked for them so they can't set tracking cookies on me and don't never use my real ip and i use other privacy addons . The way sites track you are several ways like shown here at these sites .

http://ipleak.net/

https://www.browserleaks.com/

[Ballistic Gelatin]

If Facebook looked in the mirror, it would see...Google.

The terms 'Google', 'Facebook' and 'privacy' should never be used in the same sentence (except this one).

[steven36]

If Facebook looked in the mirror, it would see...Google.

The terms 'Google', 'Facebook' and 'privacy' should never be used in the same sentence (except this one).

i block Google cookies 98% of the time too expect i allow if i need to make and advanced search . i never use my real ip searching on there site. and i have Google privacy add-on for it plus others. Ive not logged in none of there services since years ago when they changed there privacy policy . Or do I use there software .

[Ballistic Gelatin]

^^^

I've been using GoogleClean for over a year now and I find that it does a good job when coupled with other privacy-enhancing browser extensions.