--Originally published at A work in progress
Actually I'm going to talk about how one of the biggest social media sources tracks each and every one of our moves ... yes Facebook I'm talking about you. For some of you these are not news, because if you think about it , it kind of makes sense given that Facebook every now and then gives us Suggestions when it comes to Pages, Friends and Videos that they "think" we like.
Things you should pay attention to
Every now and then when you are navigating through the internet you will come across with some pages with the like or share button from facebook.
If you see even the slightest sign of facebook on a web page means ... well... YOU ARE BEING WATCHED, regardless if you are logged in or not. Facebook places an individual cookie (In simple terms, cookies are just files that reside on your computer. Cookies are created when you visit a website. They are used to store bits of information about your interactions with the website) on your computer. This contains your individual facebook ID which is why it doesn't matter whether you are logged in or not. And well the tracking ID will basically contain all the information about what you are doing right now.
So summing it up , we are the ones feeding the algorithm with our information, and the best part. These cookies NEVER expire.
Consider this
I want you to understand that I'm talking exclusively of Facebook, and the information I just gave it's probably a 10% (or less) of what really happens within this social network. I'm starting my blog with this post because this is the origin of Continue reading "Are we being watched?"
