No, I haven't noticed it. Might be because I don't have a Facebook account.
"I don't have a Facebook account" is the new "I don't have a TV".
Or you could say simply "Facebook is the new TV" which would probably be quite accurate.
Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
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Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#12No, I haven't noticed it. Might be because I don't have a Facebook account.
"I don't have a Facebook account" is the new "I don't have a TV".
http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mention...
Replace TV with Facebook or Facebook Account, and let's move past this phase.
Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#13Not to make you paranoid, but it isn't just Facebook Connect. All of those "Like" buttons scattered around the internet are iframes loaded from Facebook's domain. When your browser requests the iframe from Facebook, it sends whatever cookies Facebook has set. So, even if you never interact with a "Like" button, Facebook knows that you at least went to that page. Even if you've signed out, Facebook could leave cookies that uniquely identify you as the last person who has logged in and track those.
If I willfully click something, I'm happy to send data to Facebook - it's my intention. If I'm just browsing, it bothers me to be sending data cross-site.
Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#14Something I noticed...
I deleted my FB sometime back and I created an MSN account after that. Recently a friend sent me a facebook invitation on my MSN mail (I only use it for keeping contact(IM) with people who are born to use MSN). The invitation suggested 3 friends who are contacts of my MSN. So I guess FB has copies of address books of my friends.
Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#15Yes, I saw this the other day too. Also, the 'logout' is now buried in a drop-down, instead of in view all the time. That said, I'm having a bit of facebook privacy fatigue.
I have no great love for facebook, but let's face it...
"Joe the plumber" doesn't like having to log in :(
Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#16I actually like this, I really dislike sites that let me "remember me" and then log me out every 2 weeks or so.
well i think the user should have the power to decide whether a site should remember him or not. If you prefer being logged in, you can choose to do it.
The same choice is still possible on Facebook, no? There is a default-unchecked "Keep me logged in" box and a Logout button.
Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#17Not to make you paranoid, but it isn't just Facebook Connect. All of those "Like" buttons scattered around the internet are iframes loaded from Facebook's domain. When your browser requests the iframe from Facebook, it sends whatever cookies Facebook has set. So, even if you never interact with a "Like" button, Facebook knows that you at least went to that page. Even if you've signed out, Facebook could leave cookies…
This is the reason I manually logged out of Facebook on all machines I use, deleted the cookies (and blocked 3rd-party cookies in Chrome), and have now made a habit of logging into Facebook only when in incognito mode.
Re: Anyone here notice facebook is 'keeping users logged in' by default?
#18Not to make you paranoid, but it isn't just Facebook Connect. All of those "Like" buttons scattered around the internet are iframes loaded from Facebook's domain. When your browser requests the iframe from Facebook, it sends whatever cookies Facebook has set. So, even if you never interact with a "Like" button, Facebook knows that you at least went to that page. Even if you've signed out, Facebook could leave cookies…
If you use some variety of proxy or adblocker, you can block http://www.facebook.com/plugins* to block those iframes and the associated tracking.