Twitter Is Tracking You Through The "Tweet" Button
Ever clicked the “Tweet” button at the bottom of a blog article (say, on AllTwitter)? It’s a great way to share things you find interesting on the web with your Twitter followers – and now it’s apparently a great way for Twitter to track your activities online.
A study done for the Wall Street Journal has found that Twitter’s “Tweet” button and Facebook’s “Like” button collect user data every time someone clicks them.
One fifth of the top 1,000 most-visited websites apparently have Twitter’s “Tweet” button installed, which means lots of people are sharing things instantly – and being tracked while they do it.
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