Australia blogger Nick Cubrilovic first pointed it out. Facebook cookies do not stop tracking you once you log out of Facebook. He discovered that the cookies that are placed with your computers browser was supposed to stop tracking user activities once they click on the logout button. That was not happening as the cookies were modified to continue following and stocking you. many Facebook engineers came on his site and stated that this was not true and the cookies were there just to enhance user experience and not to follow users around. You can read the entire post by Nick over here. There also happens to be one more problem when you visit sites that have the Facebook 'Like' and 'Share' button just to name a few, fb knows and can track you.
So how to stop Facebook from tracking all your internet activities after you log-off.
1. Once you finish using the site make sure you clear web history from your browser.
2. Use a separate browser for all Facebook interactions.
Whether Facebook is actually following you around on the internet is hard to say but if you would like to be careful the above two steps are something you can follow. There is a lot of noise being made on the internet right now regarding these privacy issues. We will keep you updated with more on this story as it rolls out.
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