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BadgerKid

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7. Didn't social media plugin blockers work?

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:01 AM

Mar 2018

It was said FB was profiling people using the presence of Like buttons on web pages. You didn't need to be logged in to FB. Those plugins were supposedly "hiding" those button so you couldn't be tracked.

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Fed up with Facebook data slurping? Firefox has a cunning plan [View all] steve2470 Mar 2018 OP

Have the browser go to random sites continuously. Make a needlestack Freelancer Mar 2018 #1

What should happen duforsure Mar 2018 #2

I wonder if people would actually pay, say, $1 or $2 a month for "no spying" Facebook ? steve2470 Mar 2018 #3

Possibly Chico Man Mar 2018 #4

Data slurping is the FB business model Chico Man Mar 2018 #5

Firefox + this add-on good solution Mike Niendorff Mar 2018 #6

I just downloaded it... Historic NY Mar 2018 #8

Didn't social media plugin blockers work? BadgerKid Mar 2018 #7