Hard to believe it's possible, but Facebook is getting creepier

BDx13 - 5-20-2011 at 11:57 AM

'Like' Button Follows Web Users
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112769/like-but...

For example, Facebook or Twitter know when one of their members reads an article about filing for bankruptcy on MSNBC.com or goes to a blog about depression called Fighting the Darkness, even if the user doesn't click the "Like" or "Tweet" buttons on those sites.

For this to work, a person only needs to have logged into Facebook or Twitter once in the past month. The sites will continue to collect browsing data, even if the person closes their browser or turns off their computers, until that person explicitly logs out of their Facebook or Twitter accounts, the study found.

Bing head says 'traditional search' is dying
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20064284-17.html

To apparently achieve that goal, Microsoft unveiled a new feature for Bing earlier this week that uses Facebook "likes" to improve a user's search results. For example, if a user tries to find a new restaurant in their city, Bing will push establishments that the respective user's friends have liked on Facebook higher in its search results. For the new feature to work, the user must be logged in to Bing and Facebook at the same time.

clevohardcore - 5-20-2011 at 02:14 PM

We have no privacy when it comes to the computer anymore.

XnMeX - 5-21-2011 at 07:23 AM

They are just using the info to gear ads towards me that I am still not going to click...

clevohardcore - 5-21-2011 at 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by XnMeX
They are just using the info to gear ads towards me that I am still not going to click...

^^^ Don't think for a second that that is all they are using it for. Not to mention wait till the government wants or has access to this info. The IRS will say how did you buy a pair of NIKES and 2 pair of ADDIDAS shoes in one year when you you only made X amount of money? Or how did you buy the new dishwasher when you owe us?

barc0debaby - 5-22-2011 at 01:23 AM

All the government is going to know is how many times I beat off in a year.

Discipline - 5-22-2011 at 01:23 PM

:thumbup:

Six66Mike - 5-22-2011 at 09:09 PM

Goldman Sachs isn't putting up $1.5bn to help fund Facebook just for advertising data that's for sure.

The analytic data that can be extracted from Facebook goes well beyond advertising and marketing, the vast amount of data is worth billions if not trillions to the right groups.

clevohardcore - 5-23-2011 at 12:26 AM

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Originally posted by Six66Mike
Goldman Sachs isn't putting up $1.5bn to help fund Facebook just for advertising data that's for sure.

The analytic data that can be extracted from Facebook goes well beyond advertising and marketing, the vast amount of data is worth billions if not trillions to the right groups.

^^^^ Especially when so many fuckers on the planet have a facebook account.

dirtysteve - 5-23-2011 at 04:37 AM

they've been doing this forever. every time you accept cookies and click on a site like amazon, they are taking down all of that information, this is just more specific. 3rd parties have been selling your personal information forever. remember back in the day when you subscribed to playboy in the mail and you got a ton of catalogs from porn companies? i do notice when i write a status update it will filter an ad from something i have directly written. you have had no privacy since day one on the internet.

XnMeX - 5-23-2011 at 07:34 AM

Want to use their "free" service? They are going to find a way to make money off of you.

Discipline - 5-23-2011 at 11:51 AM

Time to take out the internet.