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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Facebook spying on users

Show analytical study published site "Business Insider" (BusinessInsider) that the social networking site famous "Facebook" that monitors all movements of users on the Internet with more than two hundred "Tracker" (Tracker), to monitor certain activities Kalmoaqa visited, and quality of purchases, and place Seen user, and many other details.


Note has been spiders "Facebook" by examining the new analytical software tool from the company "Lapin" competent protection of personal information to Internet users. And called this new free tool (DNT +) and scans Almtaatavat and blocked. And Almtaatavat (Trackers) are parts software small may be "cookies" (Cookies) or orders JavaScript mission to make Page Internet based application browser share certain data from the user's machine, for the purpose of storing or archiving or to see trends user activity on the Internet. Some call this technical espionage, while advertising professionals Vidonha target customers.

It is worth mentioning that the spiders Facebook were monitored in most locations. Where you gather data about the material read by the user, and the links that it visits. According to statistics based on this analysis, the spiders Facebook focused on three types of data about users, namely: 1. Quality materials read by the user, 2. Quality links, which are visited by social networking, 3. Quality purchases.

The fact that there this Almtaatavat not new news, search Vmhrkat like "Google" frequently used to classify the type of ads that appear to users according to their interests. But the important question is how to use this Almtaatavat and extent of the violation of user privacy.

Source: "Business Insider"

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