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Is Facebook saving tracking cookies into my computer? - Michal - 04-08-2014 04:25 AM
Since about 3 days ago, my anti-virus has been repeatedly reporting a tracking cookie everytime I start my browser (and log into Facebook during the previous browser session). If I click "remove the infection" and then go to facebook.com, I am not logged in, even though I always click the "Keep me logged in" button. This leads me to the conclusion that the (tracking) cookies that are deleted come from Facebook. Does anyone have any info on that? Wouldn't that be a huge privacy infringment?
- Gabriella - 04-08-2014 04:30 AM
Go ask the creator of Facebook or go ask help to fix your computer .
- Santiago - 04-08-2014 04:39 AM
I never have problem with facebook.
What is your anti-virus program name?
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- buGGedDown - 04-08-2014 04:41 AM
facebook, yahoo mail and the like use cookies to remember that you are logged-in.
in yahoo mail, try deleting cookies and refreshing the page and you'll see that you've been logged out.
but it shouldn't be detected as a tracking cookie except if the facebook page you're accessing is a phishing page.
- James - 04-08-2014 04:47 AM
All websites including this one you are asking this question on has some form of cookies. Cookies such as "Double click" which you will find the majority of the time are not harm full despite what your Anti Virus/Spyware blocker may say. They are used to track what services of a website gets used most. Find your interests so that advertisements can be more personalized. And basically keep track of their overall traffic. Personally I find this to be an abomination to our privacy but they wouldn't do this if it were illegal so if you use their site your pretty much out of luck. You can take measures to protect your privacy by selecting "Tools / Internet Options / and Delete your Browsing History". Be sure cookies is selected. You can also prevent future cookies by raising your privacy settings in your Internet Options. Doing this however will block you from using such items as Yahoo E-Mail and even such things as this Answers Questions Page.