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Oct18-11, 04:40 AM   #1
 
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Oct18-11, 01:28 PM   #2
 
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I know you can be tracked with third party cookies but how does facebook track your browser history?
 
Oct22-11, 09:08 PM   #3
 
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I know you can be tracked with third party cookies but how does facebook track your browser history?
How indeed! I just did a quick search on Facebook - looks like 750 million members and growing.
 
Oct24-11, 10:36 AM   #4
 
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I know you can be tracked with third party cookies but how does facebook track your browser history?
Facebook is now integrated with many big sites. They all share data now.
 
Oct25-11, 11:53 AM   #5
 
I'm sure you've seen the little "comment sections" on many pages. If it loads your data from facebook onto the page, facebook knows where you have been. What they do with the information? Who knows. Likely it is to identify your trends and stuff.
 
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