Are You Ever Truly Logged Out Of Facebook?

Facebook is yet again in the news again over privacy concerns. This time however, it doesn't revolve around obvious and clearly visible issues, but around the suspicious way they work with cookies, which form part of the the hidden tracking mechanisms of the site.

Facebook is yet again in the news again over privacy concerns. This time however, it doesn’t revolve around obvious and clearly visible issues, but around the suspicious way they work with cookies, which form part of the the hidden tracking mechanisms of the site.

The outcry comes about as a result of logging off. When a user logs out or off of a site, one would typically assume that all data in the web browser that related to the user is erased and no further tracking of that user takes place.

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