> Facebook doesn't force you to use their services, and if you do so voluntarily then it's on facebook's terms, though luck.
WRONG! Think about all the sites that have Like buttons. Facebook never showed me a form or a checkbox to use that, did they? Yet they're gathering information on the sites I go to and setting up "shadow profiles" (as europe-v-facebook put them).
You're right, Facebook doesn't make me use Facebook -- they're trying to force me to.
And sure, I can just use hosts to block the Facebook site, but I shouldn't have to do that just to stop them from tracking me.
WRONG! Think about all the sites that have Like buttons. Facebook never showed me a form or a checkbox to use that, did they? Yet they're gathering information on the sites I go to and setting up "shadow profiles" (as europe-v-facebook put them).
You're right, Facebook doesn't make me use Facebook -- they're trying to force me to.
And sure, I can just use hosts to block the Facebook site, but I shouldn't have to do that just to stop them from tracking me.