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09-27-2011 02:44 PM #1 polarbacon (Moderator)
Facebook is Watching You Do What You Do

so this has been kinda known for a while now to some but i thought I would share it anyways to help people understand that this is one of the ways FB pops your ad accounts if your not being careful....

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...rivacy-breach/

as far as what type of cookie they are using and how persistent it is just doing the "clear all cookies" may or may not work.....

09-27-2011 03:41 PM #2 kyleirwin (Member)

Not that they use this specifically, but it's a good idea to test your method of keeping your accounts isolated with http://samy.pl/evercookie/ to see if it can penetrate whatever barrier you create.

09-28-2011 05:13 AM #3 limitless (Member)

I wonder whether using different user accounts on a computer can shield you from this.

09-28-2011 07:15 AM #4 polarbacon (Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by limitless View Post
I wonder whether using different user accounts on a computer can shield you from this.
ya i have heard that this works on Win 7 as things are kept separate....

09-28-2011 01:32 PM #5 tijn (Moderator)

yes it probably would but evercookie is sneeky and works cross browser -> ie if I access the cookie page in one browser (ie Chrome), and then revisit in another browser (ie FF), it still works.

I know for a fact that facebook have employed similar tactics in their facebook connect plugins.

so my advice is to rely on a browser aoppliance.

You can download the free windows VM viewer from vmware + their browser appliance and you just restart it each time afresh

09-28-2011 01:43 PM #6 dantheman (Member)

Wow. That's probably how they caught me. Sneak sneaky dudes.

09-28-2011 09:51 PM #7 phoenix (Member)

@polarbacon

is that separate account/separate cookie on WIN7 for both x32(86) and x64 OS versions ?

If so.

09-29-2011 01:00 AM #8 atherbys (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by tijn View Post
yes it probably would but evercookie is sneeky and works cross browser -> ie if I access the cookie page in one browser (ie Chrome), and then revisit in another browser (ie FF), it still works.

I know for a fact that facebook have employed similar tactics in their facebook connect plugins.

so my advice is to rely on a browser aoppliance.

You can download the free windows VM viewer from vmware + their browser appliance and you just restart it each time afresh
Thanks, I visited their site and they have lots of products, couldn't locate the viewer or the browser appliance, would you happen to have the download link for those?

Thanks

Gary

09-29-2011 03:40 PM #9 tijn (Moderator)

heres the player for windows:
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/d...are_player/3_0

Here are some browser appliances:
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/dir...at/0?k=browser

heres a tutorial to build your own:
http://charlessocci.com/2008/12/15/a...ivoxy-and-tor/

12-02-2011 03:34 PM #10 mediumpie (Member)

Hey guys - bringing this thread back from the dead.. Do you think you can by pass these cookies by using private browsing in chrome? (uninstall and reinstall?)

12-02-2011 03:37 PM #11 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Use Safari in private mode , it's the safest and doesn't pass any kind of cookie ( read on tech site case study ).

01-08-2012 03:51 PM #12 mojstermiha (Member)

I use VirtualBox + Tiny XP. Then Clone the installation and use 1 FB account on each and only for Facebook, not for other browsing.

This is how you do it: http://www.pyrogenicmedia.com/instal...l-box-tiny-xp/

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