This was predictable. Facebook/Meta is now encrypting the QP data so that Firefox and other privacy conscious browsers that strip the tracking data can't. Only way to avoid it is to not use Facebook at all. #DeleteFacebook #SurveillanceCapitalism https://www.ghacks.net/2022/07/17/facebook-has-started-to-encrypt-links-to-counter-privacy-improving-url-stripping/
Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter privacy-improving URL Stripping
Facebook has started to use a different URL scheme for site links to combat URL stripping technologies that browsers use to improve privacy and prevent user tracking.Martin Brinkmann (gHacks Technology News)
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•However, it is plausible for a script to get the URL from the link text (if they display that), but unfortunately you likely won't see the entire url that way unless it is short.
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•But now, they're completely clear in their intent.
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•I'll continue that habit then.
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•Or just pass privacy-preserving legislation and avoid the whole situation. Go buy your government official's profiles from a data broker and post them online; that should get things moving.
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•(Evil regardless, but it would be useful to have an idea of whether I'll be taking risks if I occasionally log on to message somebody about a party invitation they sent me or something like that.)
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•Voyeurism was their drug of choice. Once they figured out how to manipulate people by directing their attentions, they began playing games with real #Minds. They manipulated #Stocks, used #INTELLECTUALPROPERTY to have hostile takeovers. They did terrible things to good people.
Guess who got #Rich due to Bribes? The Politicians, the thieves, & you got #Covid19.
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•It would be just great if more people stopped using their products altogether, but that's like wishing people had enough conviction to do anything about climate change.
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•Content warning: Re: Facebook
> "We changed the ID component of these URLs as a privacy measure [!!SIC!!] intended to deter scrapers from collecting and potentially misusing people's Facebook IDs. These modified IDs aren't used to track people [SIC], and have not been designed to prevent browser tools from removing tracking components from the URL." - a Meta [SIC] spokesperson
"The IDs aren't used for tracking [SIC]" is a contemporary iteration of "Nobody has any intention of building a wall [SIC]".
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•Content warning: Re: Facebook
(A) denies that the IDs were previously used for tracking, or
(B) implies that the tracking IDs are not any more part of the encrypted new IDs.
I guess we will have a proof for (not B) quite soon. For now, there's no reason to assume that tracking is not included in the encrypted ID.
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