This is treading the fine line between 'really cool' and 'really creepy'. Just like tagging people in posts, @Brigantium.
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This is treading the fine line between 'really cool' and 'really creepy'. Just like tagging people in posts, @Brigantium.
I just managed to accidentally drag and drop my avatar into a post. I had no idea it did that. It works with other people's too.
Whoa. I wonder what else drops in there.
Earth shattering stuff for a Sunday afternoon, eh?
If you want to try seriously creepy, check out this stuff. A friend started commenting on really old FB posts of mine last night before I found out what she was up to.
http://gizmodo.com/the-creepiest-things-you-can-do-on-facebook-1683434172
If you want to try seriously creepy, check out this stuff. A friend started commenting on really old FB posts of mine last night before I found out what she was up to.
http://gizmodo.com/the-creepiest-things-you-can-do-on-facebook-1683434172
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
But you're happy for Facebook to do it?
Yeah, I saw some posts of yours on my Facebook feed dated to 2009 or something. And I was like WTF?
No, but using Ghostery, common sense, not uploading much there and being careful which links to follow, I have control over what Facebook can see and what not. Facebook isn't a browser, so if I type a non-Facebook address in my URL bar, it has nothing to do with Facebook. Google, on the other hand, is different, if you use a Google-produced browser.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Can't facebook track what website you're on if there's one of those little F buttons kicking around? Like at the bottom of this page.
I've got nothing to hide, Google and Facebook can track me all they want and I don't care 
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
So what's Ghostery then? A browser app?They can't if you use Ghostery.
I've got nothing to hide, Google and Facebook can track me all they want and I don't care
That's the attitude that enables 1984, you know.
Yep. It blocks any trackers, widgets, pop-ups, whatever. And the best part about it is, it lets you see who's spying on you where. I really don't get how Google Analytics has any business on my surfing on Maidenfans.com, for example.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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I think I mentioned this earlier (when talking about downloading all your FB content, described by them as your "Archive") --but FB has a file, that I still haven't managed to locate through my account, with the email addresses of everybody in my Hotmail address book. I doubled checked whether this was simply the email addresses of my FB friends (i.e. the email address or addresses they have associated with their own FB account); it's not. It had work addresses, old addresses, etc; stuff that has nothing to do with my FB account & that I have never, ever posted or informed FB about. This is pretty much the last straw. I never use it anyway, but plan to close it soon.
I have nothing to hide either, but this kind of thing isn't acceptable.
I have nothing to hide either, but this kind of thing isn't acceptable.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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Interesting. There's no alert though, so it's not really proper flagging.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Some of these apps track your data as well, are you sure Ghostery doesn't do the same while blocking other trackers?
This could be the new bold, Cried.
Relatively. I did some research before installing it, and while I can't be 100 per cent certain, the equation here is that it's still better than without. If Ghostery tracks my data, then it's another service that does so, in addition to Facebook, Google, etc - and it doesn't make any difference. If it doesn't track my data, it's an improvement.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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You could produce a nice chequerboard effect with just two avatars.
Sorry, I apologise for telling anyone about this.
Sorry, I apologise for telling anyone about this.
