Facebook Privacy: Zuckerbergs Cookie Monster

Social media behemoth Facebook is in damage control after a deluge of criticism that it is invading the privacy of members by tracking their internet activity.  Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg described the sites new features as creating ‘frictionless sharing‘ Oops Facebook admits it went too far. The social network is quietly retracting a cookie that continued to report your Facebook user ID even after you “logged out” of the site. But it’s not sorry about five other cookies that persist after you sign off. What, you didn’t think Facebook would ever let you actually for real seriously 100 percent sign out, did you? When Australian programmer Nik Cubrilovic blogged on Sunday about how Facebook logout didn’t seem to actually, um, well - log out! Facebook wen into immediate damage control mode, claiming that: Blah Blah Blah, except that Facebook has a tracking feature its CEO literally calls ‘Facebook Across the Web‘  Which does exactly that, track you across the internet, anyplace you go, Facebook goes with you (calm down! clearly only if you login to your Facebook account, or use Facebook on your mobile device ) In Australia, the office of the Privacy Commissioner says it has begun a preliminary inquiry into Facebook’s conduct. Read the full article »»»»