by Julia Angwin, ProPublica For years people have noticed a funny thing about Facebook’s ubiquitous Like button. It has been sending data to Facebook tracking the sites you visit. Each time details of the tracking were revealed, Facebook promised that
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By Hanging Chen, ProPublica Many sites (including ProPublica and F&O) track user behaviour using a variety of invisible third-party software. This means any time you visit a web page, you’re likely sharing data about your online habits, from clicks to
by Julia Angwin, ProPublica For years people have noticed a funny thing about Facebook’s ubiquitous Like button. It has been sending data to Facebook tracking the sites you visit. Each time details of the tracking were revealed, Facebook promised that it wasn’t
by Julia Angwin, ProPublica The marketers that follow you around the web are getting nosier. Currently, many companies track where users go on the Web — often through cookies — in order to display customized ads. That’s why if you look at a pair