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thenewgreen  ·  4592 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facebook may be tracking websites you visit even while logged out.
My fb days are numbered. The fact that you may have to use a seperate browser for the sake of privacy is ludicrist. They are over stepping some major boundaries. I would wager that mk's prediction that G+ will have taken the dominant share of fb's market share within 2 years seems appropriate. http://hubski.com/pub?id=2226

In 2 years they will be left with an aging group of soccer moms, everyone else will have abandoned ship.





ProfessorOat  ·  4592 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I deleted (as much as you can, at least) my Facebook account about a year ago. I think the main reason it took me so long to go through with it was the fear that I would somehow miss out on events, or that many of my friends I don't have the opportunity to speak to daily would be upset. Looking back it seems silly, but the ability of Facebook to hold onto users through social pressure (either real, or imagined) is remarkable.
RubyRhod  ·  4591 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Your information is never deleted. Once you enter it into the site it is theirs forever. So even if it was there once and now is gone, that information is still tied to your account, this includes name changes also.
thenewgreen  ·  4592 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Well said.
mk  ·  4592 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thanks. It would have been interesting to sit in the meeting wherein the phrase frictionless sharing was thought up.

In other news, FB is forming a PAC: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/facebook-...