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0 pointssteve-howard14y ago0 comments

Definitely. I rarely bother with Facebook any more, but when I want to share something, copy and paste is not hard. The "social buttons" don't solve a problem, IMO.
actually, what started the decline was the very subject of this article. I don't like Facebook watching where I go, and I started putting Facebook in another browser; naturally, I'm on Facebook less because it's harder to get to.

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cpeterso14y ago

> I started putting Facebook in another browser

In theory, using a separate browser is not adequate protection from tracking. The Flash Player's "Shared Objects" (aka Flash cookies) are stored in a common directory, so the same Flash data is accessible from any browser running as the same user. I do not believe Facebook's tracking is this nefarious, but the method would be quite easy to implement.

billiamram14y ago

Disable flash in the browser that runs only facebook?

ams611014y ago

I've gone a step further and disabled it across the board.

chunkyslink14y ago

Relevant. The Evercookie.

http://samy.pl/evercookie/

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