Website owners can configure the pixel to track user website interactions such as searches or filling out a form, sending each action to Meta, even if the user doesn’t have an account on Facebook.
Haven’t had a facebook account in over a decade, but I have no doubts that they still have loads of data about me.
Isn’t the tracker pixel really old news hy now?
I’ve never even been to the Facebook website, at all, ever. When I first heard of it I knew it was bad news.
Like you, I’m sure they still know lots about me
I think “metal pixel” has just become what they call their trackers, not that its an actual pixel any longer. I could be wrong but I’ve heard references to the “meta pixel” for enough years after most companies switch to JS or other methods that I jumped to conclusions.
I so want to build a proxy that strips stuff like this, host it on a RPi with PiHole. Maybe a proxy could essentially apply a filtering CSS?
Do enterprise level firwalls/IDS/IPS have some capability Ike this? Seems it would be the thing to do, ensuring some security against phishing.
Yeah, that is the deal when you use a free service, you are selling your information in exchange for acces to a service.
That being said, non facebook users are also tracked by thousands of companies.
Not always. Only for-profit driven companies that offer no tangible product.
Many of the forums that I hosted were free to the orgs that used them. I’m already paying for the server and network for my own use, so why not give back to the communities that I am a part of with my other skills as a sysadmin?
