Facebook login page logs user's pre-filled info to their servers (opens in new tab)

(twitter.com)

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kedean8y ago· 3 in thread

This is a poorly named post. It's not "logging" anything, in all likelihood this information is discarded immediately. This shows that the information is sent to facebooks server, but I'd bet money that it's simply the default behavior of their text box widget to use ajax-based 'autocomplete', with a null backend for things like this.

crowbahr8y ago

The point is anything sent to Facebook must be assumed logged until proven otherwise.

That's a sad state of affairs.

sgroppino8y ago

It'd still be captured by anything sniffing the network. Then again, tracking everything a user does on one's website seems to be the norm these days. Not sure there should be a disclaimer before the data is captured, though?

kedean8y ago

I mean I agree that it's not a good thing that its captured at all, but it's going down a dangerous road to ascribe literally everything they do as malicious. The term 'logging' has a well-defined meaning in the tech community that implies the data is being stored long-term, and no use cases or evidence are provided for that.

I dislike facebook as much as the next person, but too much panic becomes harmful to larger goals.

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michaelmcmillan8y ago

This tirade against Facebook is starting to slip into hysteria.

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