Busted: Social Websites Sharing Personal Data

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Many popular social networking websites send user information to advertising companies without user consent.

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[DjEaZy]

... and what else is new?

 

[stephen0983]

yeah this isn't surprising. who clicks on the ads anyway, they're mostly just garbage. especially on Myspace, god that site has gone downhill fast!

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Facebook, eh??? Dumbf*cks!

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]Facebook, eh??? Dumbf*cks![/citation]

 

[Mottamort]

TRUSTING Dumbf*cks

 

[JohnnyLucky]

There is no such thing as privacy on the web.

 

[Hupiscratch]

Wait a second! Someone really clicks on ads? They deserve to be hacked.

 

[Memoscorp]

I don't even see the ads. AdBlock + Firefox.

 

[coopchennick]

Adblock+Chrome blocks more for me than Adblock+Firefox

Noscript+Firefox wins either way, however

 

[Kelavarus]

[citation][nom]Hupiscratch[/nom]Wait a second! Someone really clicks on ads? They deserve to be hacked.[/citation]

Exactly. As some above users, I use Adblock, and I haven't seen an ad on Facebook since I signed up. Also, according to a few sites I've read, theoretically Adblock prevents the ads from ever actually loading (instead of just 'not showing'), which means they aren't getting any revenue from me.

 

[LORD_ORION]

You want to know why they do it? The only consequence for them getting caught is that they stop doing it.

 

[TheKurrgan]

Everything is about getting our money.. As popular as social websites are I hope this doesnt surprise anyone.

 

[blackbeastofaaaaagh]

I wonder how they were caught? Does the offending code run on the client machine or the web server?

 

[pythy]

[citation][nom]coopchennick[/nom]Adblock+Chrome blocks more for me than Adblock+FirefoxNoscript+Firefox wins either way, however[/citation]
I got one better: NO Facebook

 

[cruiseoveride]

[citation][nom]coopchennick[/nom]Adblock+Chrome blocks more for me than Adblock+FirefoxNoscript+Firefox wins either way, however[/citation]
There is no such thing as an ad "block" with chrome. The best it can ever do is ad "hide". Chrome simply lacks content policies to be able to implement proper "blocking" like Firefox's adblock.

 

[HappyBB]

That is why I do not join any of the mentioned social service websites.

 

[Guest]

everyone one of these stories has people coming out of the woodwork to boast how much better they are because they don't join these sites, well sorry, but as long as you're not a complete moron, these sites are fine and a good way to keep in contact with people. You don't want to join them thats fine, but really, it doesn't make you any better a person because you don't.

 

[Dirtman73]

[citation][nom]Canguy78[/nom]everyone one of these stories has people coming out of the woodwork to boast how much better they are because they don't join these sites, well sorry, but as long as you're not a complete moron, these sites are fine and a good way to keep in contact with people. You don't want to join them thats fine, but really, it doesn't make you any better a person because you don't.[/citation]

Not better, just smarter.