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<meta name="twitter:description" content="I don't use Facebook. I'm not technophobic — I'm a geek. I've been using email since the early 1990s, I have accounts on hundreds of services around the net, and I do software development and internet protocol design both for work and for fun. I believe that a globe-spanning communications network like the internet can be a positive social force, and I publish much of my own work on the open web.But Facebook and other massive web companies represent a strong push toward unaccountable centralized social control, which I think makes our society more unequal and more unjust. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is one instance of this long-running problem with what I call the "surveillance economy." I don't want to submit to these power structures, and I don’t want my presence on such platforms to serve as bait that lures other people into the digital panopticon.But while I've never "opted in" to Facebook or any of the other big social networks, Facebook still has a detailed profile that can be used to target me. I've never consented to having Facebook collect my data, which can be used to draw very detailed inferences about my life, my habits, and my relationships. As we aim to take Facebook to task for its breach of user trust, we need to think about what its capabilities imply for society overall. After all, if you do #deleteFacebook, you'll find yourself in my shoes: non-consenting, but still subject to Facebook’s globe-spanning surveillance and targeting network.There are at least two major categories of information available to Facebook about non-participants like me: information from other Facebook users, and information from sites on the open web.Information from other Facebook usersWhen you sign up for Facebook, it encourages you to upload your list of contacts so that the site can "find your friends." Facebook uses this contact information to learn about people, even if those people don't agree to participate. It also links people together based on who they know, even if the shared contact hasn't agreed to this use.For example, I received an email from Facebook that lists the people who have all invited me to join Facebook: my aunt, an old co-worker, a friend from elementary school, etc. This email includes names and email addresses — including my own name — and at least one web bug designed to identify me to Facebook’s web servers when I open the email. Facebook records this group of people as my contacts, even though I've never agreed to this kind of data collection.Similarly, I'm sure that I'm in some photographs that someone has uploaded to Facebook — and I'm probably tagged in some of them. I've never agreed to this, but Facebook could still be keeping track.So even if you decide you need to join Facebook, remember that you might be giving the company information about someone else who didn't agree to be part of its surveillance platform.Information from sites on the open WebNearly every website that you visit that has a "Like" button is actually encouraging your browser to tell Facebook about your browsing habits. Even if you don't click on the "Like" button, displaying it requires your browser to send a request to Facebook's servers for the "Like" button itself. That request includes information mentioning the name of the page you are visiting and any Facebook-specific cookies your browser might have collected. (See Facebook's own description of this process.) This is called a "third-party request."This makes it possible for Facebook to create a detailed picture of your browsing history — even if you've never even visited Facebook directly, let alone signed up for a Facebook account.Think about most of the web pages you've visited — how many of them don't have a "Like" button? If you administer a website and you include a "Like" button on every page, you're helping Facebook to build profiles of your visitors, even those who have opted out of the social network. Facebook’s “Share” buttons on other sites — along with other tools — work a bit differently from the “Like” button, but do effectively the same thing.The profiles that Facebook builds on non-users don't necessarily include so-called "personally identifiable information" (PII) like names or email addresses. But they do include fairly unique patterns. Using Chromium's NetLog dumping, I performed a simple five-minute browsing test last week that included visits to various sites — but not Facebook. In that test, the PII-free data that was sent to Facebook included information about which news articles I was reading, my dietary preferences, and my hobbies.Given the precision of this kind of mapping and targeting, "PII" isn’t necessary to reveal my identity. How many vegans examine specifications for computer hardware from the ACLU's offices while reading about Cambridge Analytica? Anyway, if Facebook combined that information with the "web bug" from the email mentioned above — which is clearly linked to my name and e-mail address — no guesswork would be required.I'd be shocked if Facebook were not connecting those dots given the goals they claim for data collection:We use the information we have to improve our advertising and measurement systems so we can show you relevant ads on and off our Services and measure the effectiveness and reach of ads and services.This is, in essence, exactly what Cambridge Analytica did.ConsentFacebook and other tech companies often deflect accusations against excessive data collection by arguing "consent" — that they harvest and use data with the consent of the users involved.But even if we accept that clicking through a "Terms of Service" that no one reads can actually constitute true consent, even if we ignore the fact that these terms are overwhelmingly one-sided and non-negotiable, and even if we accept that it's meaningful for people to give consent when sharing data about other people who may have also opted in — what is the recourse for someone who has not opted into these systems at all?Are those of us who have explicitly avoided agreeing to the Facebook terms of service simply fair game for an industry-wide surveillance and targeting network?PrivilegeI don’t mean to critique people who have created a Facebook profile or suggest they deserve whatever they get.My ability to avoid Facebook comes from privilege — I have existing social contacts with whom I know how to stay in touch without using Facebook's network. My job does not require that I use Facebook. I can afford the time and expense to communicate with my electoral representatives and political allies via other channels.Many people do not have these privileges and are compelled to "opt in" on Facebook's non-negotiable terms.Many journalists, organizers, schools, politicians, and others who have good reasons to oppose Facebook's centralized social control feel compelled by Facebook's reach and scale to participate in their practices, even those we know to be harmful. That includes the ACLU.Privacy should not be a luxury good, and while I'm happy to encourage people to opt out of these subtle and socially fraught arrangements, I do not argue that anyone who has signed up has somehow relinquished concerns about their privacy. We need to evaluate privacy concerns in their full social contexts. These are not problems that can be resolved on an individual level, because of the interpersonal nature of much of this data and the complexities of the tradeoffs involved.Technical countermeasuresWhile they may not solve the problem, there are some technical steps people can take to limit the scope of these surveillance practices. For example, some web browsers do not send "third-party cookies" by default, or they scope cookies so that centralized surveillance doesn't get a single view of one user. The most privacy-preserving modern browser is the Tor Browser, which everyone should have installed and available, even if it's not the browser they choose to use every day. It limits the surveillance ability of systems that you have not signed up for to track you as you move around the web.You can also modify some browsers — for example, with plug-ins for Firefox and Chrome — so that they do not send third-party requests at all. Firefox is also exploring even more privacy-preserving techniques. It can’t be denied, though, that these tools are harder to use than the web browsers most people are accustomed to, and they create barriers to some online activities. (For example, logging in to some sites and accessing some web applications is impossible without third-party cookies.)Some website operators take their visitors' privacy more seriously than others, by reducing the amount of third-party requests. For example, it's possible to display "share on Facebook" or "Like" buttons without sending user requests to Facebook in the first place. The ACLU's own website does this because we believe that the right to read with privacy is a fundamental protection for civic discourse.If you are responsible for running a website, try browsing it with a third-party-blocking extension turned on. Think about how much information you're requiring your users to send to third parties as a condition for using your site. If you care about being a good steward of your visitors' data, you can re-design your website to reduce this kind of leakage.Opting out?Some advertisers claim that you can "opt out" of their targeted advertising, and even offer a centralized place meant to help you do so. However, my experience with these tools isn't a positive one. They don't appear to work all of the time. (In a recent experiment I conducted, two advertisers’ opt-out mechanisms failed to take effect.) And while advertisers claim to allow the user to opt out of "interest-based ads," it's not clear that the opt-outs govern data collection itself, rather than just the use of the collected data for displaying ads. Moreover, opting out on their terms requires the use of third-party cookies, thereby enabling another mechanism that other advertisers can then exploit.It's also not clear how they function over time: How frequently do I need to take these steps? Do they expire? How often should I check back to make sure I’m still opted out? I'd much prefer an approach requiring me to opt in to surveillance and targeting.Fix the surveillance economy, not just FacebookThese are just a few of the mechanisms that enable online tracking. Facebook is just one culprit in this online "surveillance economy," albeit a massive one — the company owns Instagram, Atlas, WhatsApp, and dozens of other internet and technology companies and services. But it’s not the only player in this space. Google’s business model also relies on this kind of surveillance, and there are dozens of smaller players as well.As we work to address the fallout from the current storm around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, we can't afford to lose sight of these larger mechanisms at play. Cambridge Analytica's failures and mistakes are inherent to Facebook's business model. We need to seriously challenge the social structures that encourage people to opt in to this kind of surveillance. 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I don't use Facebook. I'm not technophobic — I'm a geek. I've been using email since the early 1990s, I have accounts on hundreds of services around the net, and I do software development and internet protocol design both for work and for fun. I believe that a globe-spanning communications network like the internet can be a positive social force, and I publish much of my own work on the open web.
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But Facebook and other massive web companies represent a strong push toward unaccountable centralized social control, which I think makes our society more unequal and more unjust. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is one instance of this long-running problem with what I call the "surveillance economy." I don't want to submit to these power structures, and I don’t want my presence on such platforms to serve as bait that lures other people into the digital panopticon.
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But while I've never "opted in" to Facebook or any of the other big social networks, Facebook still has a detailed profile that can be used to target me. I've never consented to having Facebook collect my data, which can be used to draw very detailed inferences about my life, my habits, and my relationships. As we aim to take Facebook to task for its breach of user trust, we need to think about what its capabilities imply for society overall. After all, if you do #deleteFacebook, you'll find yourself in my shoes: non-consenting, but still subject to Facebook’s globe-spanning surveillance and targeting network.
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There are at least two major categories of information available to Facebook about non-participants like me: information from other Facebook users, and information from sites on the open web.
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When you sign up for Facebook, it encourages you to upload your list of contacts so that the site can "find your friends." Facebook uses this contact information to learn about people, even if those people don't agree to participate. It also links people together based on who they know, even if the shared contact hasn't agreed to this use.
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For example, I received an email from Facebook that lists the people who have all invited me to join Facebook: my aunt, an old co-worker, a friend from elementary school, etc. This email includes names and email addresses — including my own name — and at least one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_bug">web bug</a> designed to identify me to Facebook’s web servers when I open the email. Facebook records this group of people as my contacts, even though I've never agreed to this kind of data collection.
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Similarly, I'm sure that I'm in some photographs that someone has uploaded to Facebook — and I'm probably tagged in some of them. I've never agreed to this, but Facebook could still be keeping track.
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So even if you decide you need to join Facebook, remember that you might be giving the company information about someone else who didn't agree to be part of its surveillance platform.
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<strong>Information from sites on the open Web</strong>
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Nearly every website that you visit that has a "Like" button is actually encouraging your browser to tell Facebook about your browsing habits. Even if you don't click on the "Like" button, displaying it requires your browser to send a request to Facebook's servers for the "Like" button itself. That request includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer">information</a> mentioning the name of the page you are visiting and any Facebook-specific <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie">cookies</a> your browser might have collected. (See <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084">Facebook's own description of this process</a>.) This is called a "third-party request."
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This makes it possible for Facebook to create a detailed picture of your browsing history — even if you've never even visited Facebook directly, let alone signed up for a Facebook account.
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Think about most of the web pages you've visited — how many of them <em>don't</em> have a "Like" button? If you administer a website and you include a "Like" button on every page, you're helping Facebook to build profiles of your visitors, even those who have opted out of the social network. Facebook’s <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/">“Share” buttons</a> on other sites — along with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/business/learn/facebook-ads-pixel">other tools</a> — work a bit differently from the “Like” button, but do effectively the same thing.
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The profiles that Facebook builds on non-users don't necessarily include so-called "personally identifiable information" (PII) like names or email addresses. But they do include fairly unique patterns. Using <a href="https://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/providing-network-details">Chromium's NetLog dumping</a>, I performed a simple five-minute browsing test last week that included visits to various sites — but not Facebook. In that test, the PII-free data that was sent to Facebook included information about which news articles I was reading, my dietary preferences, and my hobbies.
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Given the precision of this kind of mapping and targeting, "PII" isn’t necessary to reveal my identity. How many vegans examine specifications for computer hardware from the ACLU's offices while reading about Cambridge Analytica? Anyway, if Facebook combined that information with the "web bug" from the email mentioned above — which <em>is</em> clearly linked to my name and e-mail address — no guesswork would be required.
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I'd be shocked if Facebook were not connecting those dots given the goals <a href="https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/cookies">they claim for data collection</a>:
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This is, in essence, exactly what Cambridge Analytica did.
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Facebook and other tech companies often deflect accusations against excessive data collection by arguing "consent" — that they harvest and use data with the consent of the users involved.
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But even if we accept that clicking through a "Terms of Service" that <a href="https://tosdr.org/">no one reads</a> can actually constitute true consent, even if we ignore the fact that these terms are overwhelmingly one-sided and non-negotiable, and even if we accept that it's meaningful for people to give consent when sharing data about other people who may have also opted in — what is the recourse for someone who has not opted into these systems at all?
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Are those of us who have explicitly avoided agreeing to the Facebook terms of service simply fair game for an industry-wide surveillance and targeting network?
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I don’t mean to critique people who have created a Facebook profile or suggest they deserve whatever they get.
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My ability to avoid Facebook comes from privilege — I have existing social contacts with whom I know how to stay in touch without using Facebook's network. My job does not require that I use Facebook. I can afford the time and expense to communicate with my electoral representatives and political allies via other channels.
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Many people do not have these privileges and are compelled to "opt in" on Facebook's non-negotiable terms.
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Many journalists, organizers, schools, politicians, and others who have good reasons to oppose Facebook's centralized social control feel compelled by Facebook's reach and scale to participate in their practices, even those we know to be harmful. That includes the ACLU.
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Privacy should not be a luxury good, and while I'm happy to encourage people to opt out of these subtle and socially fraught arrangements, I do not argue that anyone who has signed up has somehow relinquished concerns about their privacy. We need to evaluate privacy concerns in their full social contexts. These are not problems that can be resolved on an individual level, because of the interpersonal nature of much of this data and the complexities of the tradeoffs involved.
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While they may not solve the problem, there are some technical steps people can take to limit the scope of these surveillance practices. For example, some web browsers do not send "third-party cookies" by default, or <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thirdparty">they scope cookies</a> so that centralized surveillance doesn't get a single view of one user. The most privacy-preserving modern browser is <a href="https://www.torproject.org/">the Tor Browser</a>, which everyone should have installed and available, even if it's not the browser they choose to use every day. It limits the surveillance ability of systems that you have not signed up for to track you as you move around the web.
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You can also modify some browsers — for example, with plug-ins for <a href="https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/">Firefox</a> and <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjalglgifnmanfmnieipoejdcf">Chrome</a> — so that they <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/">do not send third-party</a> <a href="https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/">requests at all</a>. Firefox is also exploring even more <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/">privacy-preserving techniques</a><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/">.</a>
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It can’t be denied, though, that these tools are harder to use than the web browsers most people are accustomed to, and they create barriers to some online activities. (For example, logging in to <a href="https://offcampushousing.uconn.edu/login">some sites</a> and accessing some <a href="https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.com/api/images/0253d8fb-b050-401a-834d-9d80a99c0b12">web applications</a> is impossible without third-party cookies.)
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Some website operators take their visitors' privacy more seriously than others, by reducing the amount of third-party requests. For example, it's possible to display "share on Facebook" or "Like" buttons without sending user requests to Facebook in the first place. The ACLU's own website does this because we believe that the right to read with privacy is a fundamental protection for civic discourse.
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If you are responsible for running a website, try browsing it with a third-party-blocking extension turned on. Think about how much information you're requiring your users to send to third parties as a condition for using your site. If you care about being a good steward of your visitors' data, you can re-design your website to reduce this kind of leakage.
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Some advertisers claim that you can "opt out" of their targeted advertising, and even offer <a href="http://optout.aboutads.info/">a centralized place meant to help you do so</a>. However, my experience with these tools isn't a positive one. They don't appear to work all of the time. (In a recent experiment I conducted, two advertisers’ opt-out mechanisms failed to take effect.) And while advertisers claim to allow the user to opt out of "interest-based ads," it's not clear that the opt-outs govern data collection itself, rather than just the use of the collected data for displaying ads. Moreover, opting out on their terms requires the use of third-party cookies, thereby enabling another mechanism that other advertisers can then exploit.
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It's also not clear how they function over time: How frequently do I need to take these steps? Do they expire? How often should I check back to make sure I’m still opted out? I'd much prefer an approach requiring me to opt <em>in</em> to surveillance and targeting.
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These are just a few of the mechanisms that enable online tracking. Facebook is just one culprit in this online "surveillance economy," albeit a massive one — the company owns <a href="https://www.instagram.com/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://atlassolutions.com/">Atlas</a>, <a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/">WhatsApp</a>, and dozens of other internet and technology companies and services. But it’s not the only player in this space. Google’s business model also relies on this kind of surveillance, and there are dozens of smaller players as well.
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As we work to address the fallout from the current storm around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, we can't afford to lose sight of these larger mechanisms at play. Cambridge Analytica's failures and mistakes are inherent to Facebook's business model. We need to seriously challenge the social structures that encourage people to opt in to this kind of surveillance. At the same time, we also need to protect those of us who manage to opt out.
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For example: if you lost the job offer due to your Facebook post, the employer should be required to tell you that. If you got pulled over and ticketed because you "Liked" police body cameras on FB you should know that also.
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The real danger is allowing punitive actions, in retaliation of your Free Speech to be hidden from us. If someone is spying on us, bypassing privacy filters, without a judicial warrant - we should know that.
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Couldn’t I just bloc facebook in my private filer (squid filter)?
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privacy badger is also a good plugin to mention
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The U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Congress - more than a decade behind schedule - still haven't reconciled the "Joseph Nacchio" case. Nacchio's telecommunications company, Qwest Communications, was apparently the one and only telecommunications company that refused to participate in the felony crime of Warrantless Wire-tapping around February of 2001 (roughly 6 months BEFORE 9/11 when no wartime emergency existed)., being pressured by the Bush Administration to commit a felony under federal law.
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Congress then passed an ex post facto law - illegal under Article I of the U.S. Constitution - making those past felonies legal. Congress has no such authority under Article VI.
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Joseph Nacchio claims he was then indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice - on trumped up charges - and served a few years in federal prison. A CEO of a large American corporation was sent to prison for COMPLYING with federal wiretaping laws. The Washington Post ran a story after Nacchio was released from prison, he still claims to this day that he went to prison for not participating in Bush felony crimes.
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What is to prevent a future lawless Executive Branch from pressuring Facebook or other social media networks to also bypass Judicial Warrants? If an honest U.S. Attorney or state prosecutor started indicting the former Bush folks, it would create a powerful "deterrent effect" to lawless officials in the future.
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There is strong circumstantial evidence that "Post 9/11 Blacklisting" of U.S. citizens is still alive and well. Maybe the most dangerous blacklisting tactic is "Employment Tampering". It basically means if you were blacklisted after 9/11, you may not be allowed to work in certain occupations. The Government essentially decides where you are allowed work, without an official hearing by judge - blacklistees are never informed of their 2nd Class status as Americans - not entitled to the same rights as other Americans.
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Maybe the most famous case, was exposed by a federal appeals court that severely reprimanded former Attorney General John Ashcroft (although he was never criminally indicted). Ashcroft grossly and fraudulently exploited the federal "Material Witness Statute" to be used as a quasi form of imprisonment and involntary servitude. The 13th Amendment makes this practice totally illegal without an official and overt constitutional due process.
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This tactic has a long history in authoritarian regimes. It was originally called "Zersetzung" and was first used in 1940's Germany during World War Two to silence dissent. During the Cold War, this tactic was adopted by then Communist East Germany. The FBI started using it in the 1950's commonly called Cointelpro tactics. Ashcroft then exploited the Material Witness Statute to be used as a Zersetzung tactic. Employment Tampering was probably the most potent tactic.
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This was the most elightening piece on Facebook Ive seen of late.
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Hate their format, so don't use it.
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Didn't you read the article? You might not use it, but they still know all about you, even including name, address, phone number, etc. if you are in someone's contacts.
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Well written, well-thought article. I agree with the content. Although I hate regulation in general, it seems about time that website should be required to offer a cookie free, traceless version at all times.
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HTTP is stateless. That means that when you click on a link to another page, the second page doesn't know that you were the person on page 1. Cookies, or some form of tracking, are needed for things like eCommerce and shopping carts. You need a cookie to associate *you* with your cart. Anything where you log in needs a cookie in order to know you are you, such as subscriptions.
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{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","url":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/privacy-technology\/internet-privacy\/facebook-tracking-me-even-though-im-not-facebook","inLanguage":"en-US","description":"Facebook collects data about people who have never even opted in. But there are ways these non-users can protect themselves. ","headline":"Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I\u2019m Not on Facebook","datePublished":"2018-04-05T06:00","dateModified":"2018-04-11","articleBody":"\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EI don\u0027t use Facebook. I\u0027m not technophobic \u2014 I\u0027m a geek. I\u0027ve been using email since the early 1990s, I have accounts on hundreds of services around the net, and I do software development and internet protocol design both for work and for fun. I believe that a globe-spanning communications network like the internet can be a positive social force, and I publish much of my own work on the open web.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EBut Facebook and other massive web companies represent a strong push toward unaccountable centralized social control, which I think makes our society more unequal and more unjust. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is one instance of this long-running problem with what I call the \u0022surveillance economy.\u0022 I don\u0027t want to submit to these power structures, and I don\u2019t want my presence on such platforms to serve as bait that lures other people into the digital panopticon.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EBut while I\u0027ve never \u0022opted in\u0022 to Facebook or any of the other big social networks, Facebook still has a detailed profile that can be used to target me. I\u0027ve never consented to having Facebook collect my data, which can be used to draw very detailed inferences about my life, my habits, and my relationships. As we aim to take Facebook to task for its breach of user trust, we need to think about what its capabilities imply for society overall. After all, if you do #deleteFacebook, you\u0027ll find yourself in my shoes: non-consenting, but still subject to Facebook\u2019s globe-spanning surveillance and targeting network.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EThere are at least two major categories of information available to Facebook about non-participants like me: information from other Facebook users, and information from sites on the open web.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInformation from other Facebook users\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EWhen you sign up for Facebook, it encourages you to upload your list of contacts so that the site can \u0022find your friends.\u0022 Facebook uses this contact information to learn about people, even if those people don\u0027t agree to participate. It also links people together based on who they know, even if the shared contact hasn\u0027t agreed to this use.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EFor example, I received an email from Facebook that lists the people who have all invited me to join Facebook: my aunt, an old co-worker, a friend from elementary school, etc. This email includes names and email addresses \u2014 including my own name \u2014 and at least one \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_bug\u0022\u003Eweb bug\u003C\/a\u003E designed to identify me to Facebook\u2019s web servers when I open the email. Facebook records this group of people as my contacts, even though I\u0027ve never agreed to this kind of data collection.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003ESimilarly, I\u0027m sure that I\u0027m in some photographs that someone has uploaded to Facebook \u2014 and I\u0027m probably tagged in some of them. I\u0027ve never agreed to this, but Facebook could still be keeping track.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003ESo even if you decide you need to join Facebook, remember that you might be giving the company information about someone else who didn\u0027t agree to be part of its surveillance platform.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInformation from sites on the open Web\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003ENearly every website that you visit that has a \u0022Like\u0022 button is actually encouraging your browser to tell Facebook about your browsing habits. Even if you don\u0027t click on the \u0022Like\u0022 button, displaying it requires your browser to send a request to Facebook\u0027s servers for the \u0022Like\u0022 button itself. That request includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_referer\u0022\u003Einformation\u003C\/a\u003E mentioning the name of the page you are visiting and any Facebook-specific \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_cookie\u0022\u003Ecookies\u003C\/a\u003E your browser might have collected. (See \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/186325668085084\u0022\u003EFacebook\u0027s own description of this process\u003C\/a\u003E.) This is called a \u0022third-party request.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EThis makes it possible for Facebook to create a detailed picture of your browsing history \u2014 even if you\u0027ve never even visited Facebook directly, let alone signed up for a Facebook account.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EThink about most of the web pages you\u0027ve visited \u2014 how many of them \u003Cem\u003Edon\u0027t\u003C\/em\u003E have a \u0022Like\u0022 button? If you administer a website and you include a \u0022Like\u0022 button on every page, you\u0027re helping Facebook to build profiles of your visitors, even those who have opted out of the social network. Facebook\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/plugins\/\u0022\u003E\u201cShare\u201d buttons\u003C\/a\u003E on other sites \u2014 along with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/learn\/facebook-ads-pixel\u0022\u003Eother tools\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 work a bit differently from the \u201cLike\u201d button, but do effectively the same thing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EThe profiles that Facebook builds on non-users don\u0027t necessarily include so-called \u0022personally identifiable information\u0022 (PII) like names or email addresses. But they do include fairly unique patterns. Using \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dev.chromium.org\/for-testers\/providing-network-details\u0022\u003EChromium\u0027s NetLog dumping\u003C\/a\u003E, I performed a simple five-minute browsing test last week that included visits to various sites \u2014 but not Facebook. In that test, the PII-free data that was sent to Facebook included information about which news articles I was reading, my dietary preferences, and my hobbies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EGiven the precision of this kind of mapping and targeting, \u0022PII\u0022 isn\u2019t necessary to reveal my identity. How many vegans examine specifications for computer hardware from the ACLU\u0027s offices while reading about Cambridge Analytica? Anyway, if Facebook combined that information with the \u0022web bug\u0022 from the email mentioned above \u2014 which \u003Cem\u003Eis\u003C\/em\u003E clearly linked to my name and e-mail address \u2014 no guesswork would be required.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EI\u0027d be shocked if Facebook were not connecting those dots given the goals \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/privacy\/cookies\u0022\u003Ethey claim for data collection\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBlockText\u0022\u003EWe use the information we have to improve our advertising and measurement systems so we can show you relevant ads on and off our Services and measure the effectiveness and reach of ads and services.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EThis is, in essence, exactly what Cambridge Analytica did.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConsent\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EFacebook and other tech companies often deflect accusations against excessive data collection by arguing \u0022consent\u0022 \u2014 that they harvest and use data with the consent of the users involved.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EBut even if we accept that clicking through a \u0022Terms of Service\u0022 that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tosdr.org\/\u0022\u003Eno one reads\u003C\/a\u003E can actually constitute true consent, even if we ignore the fact that these terms are overwhelmingly one-sided and non-negotiable, and even if we accept that it\u0027s meaningful for people to give consent when sharing data about other people who may have also opted in \u2014 what is the recourse for someone who has not opted into these systems at all?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EAre those of us who have explicitly avoided agreeing to the Facebook terms of service simply fair game for an industry-wide surveillance and targeting network?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrivilege\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EI don\u2019t mean to critique people who have created a Facebook profile or suggest they deserve whatever they get.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EMy ability to avoid Facebook comes from privilege \u2014 I have existing social contacts with whom I know how to stay in touch without using Facebook\u0027s network. My job does not require that I use Facebook. I can afford the time and expense to communicate with my electoral representatives and political allies via other channels.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EMany people do not have these privileges and are compelled to \u0022opt in\u0022 on Facebook\u0027s non-negotiable terms.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EMany journalists, organizers, schools, politicians, and others who have good reasons to oppose Facebook\u0027s centralized social control feel compelled by Facebook\u0027s reach and scale to participate in their practices, even those we know to be harmful. That includes the ACLU.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EPrivacy should not be a luxury good, and while I\u0027m happy to encourage people to opt out of these subtle and socially fraught arrangements, I do not argue that anyone who has signed up has somehow relinquished concerns about their privacy. We need to evaluate privacy concerns in their full social contexts. These are not problems that can be resolved on an individual level, because of the interpersonal nature of much of this data and the complexities of the tradeoffs involved.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical countermeasures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EWhile they may not solve the problem, there are some technical steps people can take to limit the scope of these surveillance practices. For example, some web browsers do not send \u0022third-party cookies\u0022 by default, or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thirdparty\u0022\u003Ethey scope cookies \u003C\/a\u003Eso that centralized surveillance doesn\u0027t get a single view of one user. The most privacy-preserving modern browser is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.torproject.org\/\u0022\u003Ethe Tor Browser\u003C\/a\u003E, which everyone should have installed and available, even if it\u0027s not the browser they choose to use every day. It limits the surveillance ability of systems that you have not signed up for to track you as you move around the web.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EYou can also modify some browsers \u2014 for example, with plug-ins for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/requestpolicycontinued.github.io\/\u0022\u003EFirefox\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/umatrix\/ogfcmafjalglgifnmanfmnieipoejdcf\u0022\u003EChrome\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 so that they \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/umatrix\/\u0022\u003Edo not send third-party\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/requestpolicycontinued.github.io\/\u0022\u003Erequests at all\u003C\/a\u003E. Firefox is also exploring even more \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/multi-account-containers\/\u0022\u003Eprivacy-preserving techniques\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/multi-account-containers\/\u0022\u003E. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EIt can\u2019t be denied, though, that these tools are harder to use than the web browsers most people are accustomed to, and they create barriers to some online activities. (For example, logging in to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/offcampushousing.uconn.edu\/login\u0022\u003Esome sites\u003C\/a\u003E and accessing some \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/filestore.community.support.microsoft.com\/api\/images\/0253d8fb-b050-401a-834d-9d80a99c0b12\u0022\u003Eweb applications\u003C\/a\u003E is impossible without third-party cookies.)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003ESome website operators take their visitors\u0027 privacy more seriously than others, by reducing the amount of third-party requests. For example, it\u0027s possible to display \u0022share on Facebook\u0022 or \u0022Like\u0022 buttons without sending user requests to Facebook in the first place. The ACLU\u0027s own website does this because we believe that the right to read with privacy is a fundamental protection for civic discourse.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EIf you are responsible for running a website, try browsing it with a third-party-blocking extension turned on. Think about how much information you\u0027re requiring your users to send to third parties as a condition for using your site. If you care about being a good steward of your visitors\u0027 data, you can re-design your website to reduce this kind of leakage.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpting out?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003ESome advertisers claim that you can \u0022opt out\u0022 of their targeted advertising, and even offer \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/optout.aboutads.info\/\u0022\u003Ea centralized place meant to help you do so\u003C\/a\u003E.\u00a0However, my experience with these tools isn\u0027t a positive one. They don\u0027t appear to work all of the time. (In a recent experiment I conducted, two advertisers\u2019 opt-out mechanisms failed to take effect.) And while advertisers claim to allow the user to opt out of \u0022interest-based ads,\u0022 it\u0027s not clear that the opt-outs govern data collection itself, rather than just the use of the collected data for displaying ads. Moreover, opting out on their terms requires the use of third-party cookies, thereby enabling another mechanism that other advertisers can then exploit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EIt\u0027s also not clear how they function over time: How frequently do I need to take these steps? Do they expire? How often should I check back to make sure I\u2019m still opted out? I\u0027d much prefer an approach requiring me to opt \u003Cem\u003Ein\u003C\/em\u003E to surveillance and targeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022node-type-blog\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFix the surveillance economy, not just Facebook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022FirstParagraph\u0022\u003EThese are just a few of the mechanisms that enable online tracking. Facebook is just one culprit in this online \u0022surveillance economy,\u0022 albeit a massive one \u2014 the company owns \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlassolutions.com\/\u0022\u003EAtlas\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\u0022\u003EWhatsApp\u003C\/a\u003E, and dozens of other internet and technology companies and services. But it\u2019s not the only player in this space. Google\u2019s business model also relies on this kind of surveillance, and there are dozens of smaller players as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoBodyText\u0022\u003EAs we work to address the fallout from the current storm around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, we can\u0027t afford to lose sight of these larger mechanisms at play. Cambridge Analytica\u0027s failures and mistakes are inherent to Facebook\u0027s business model. We need to seriously challenge the social structures that encourage people to opt in to this kind of surveillance. At the same time, we also need to protect those of us who manage to opt out.\u003C\/p\u003E","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/field_image\/web18-facebook-1160x768.jpg","width":{"@type":"Intangible","name":"1160"},"height":{"@type":"Intangible","name":"768"}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"American Civil Liberties Union","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/sites\/all\/themes\/custom\/aclu\/images\/logos\/logo-schema-json-ld.png","width":{"@type":"Intangible","name":145},"height":{"@type":"Intangible","name":60}}},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog"},"keywords":"Internet Privacy, Privacy \u0026amp; Technology, Consumer Privacy","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel Kahn Gillmor"}]}
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