Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
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Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
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Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#2> Facebook said that it tracks mouse movements to help its algorithm distinguish between humans and bots.
Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult.
Also, doesn't this conflict with rare types of input devices? Or people with a motor function disability?
> to also determine if the window is foregrounded or backgrounded
Shouldn't there be an API for that?
Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#3> Facebook said that it tracks mouse movements to help its algorithm distinguish between humans and bots. Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult. Also, doesn't this conflict with rare types of input devices? Or people with a motor function disability? > to also determine if the window is foregrounded or backgrounded Shouldn't…
As for the former, I'm pretty sure I'd trigger as robot since I use keyboard mostly (using some special features in Firefox) just because they make it a lot faster and nicer.
As for the latter, iirc there are blur/focus(-like) events for the window object. Maybe mouse movements gives them better confidence? Because of course you want to make absolutely sure your users are seeing all the ads.
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#4This should be no surprise — received chat messages are marked as read on Facebook if you wiggle your mouse after a few minutes of inactivity.
To be fair, this makes sense from a UX standpoint. You don't want messages to be marked as read if you have your window open but have walked away from the computer.
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#5Does this allow detecting drug addicts and recommending treatment?
Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#6> Facebook said that it tracks mouse movements to help its algorithm distinguish between humans and bots. Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult. Also, doesn't this conflict with rare types of input devices? Or people with a motor function disability? > to also determine if the window is foregrounded or backgrounded Shouldn't…
>Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult.
http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm An interesting read on this cat and mouse game.
Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#7> Facebook said that it tracks mouse movements to help its algorithm distinguish between humans and bots. Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult. Also, doesn't this conflict with rare types of input devices? Or people with a motor function disability? > to also determine if the window is foregrounded or backgrounded Shouldn't…
How difficult would it be for a bot
to simulate a human's mouse movements?
And even if the bot author had all that information, it would still be super hard to write an AI that accomplishes a given task in a way that mimicks a human successfully. It would mean to win a 'mouse turing test'.
Shouldn't there be an API for that?
This issue touches on the real privacy problem the net is facing. It's not the wrong cookies or privacy policies. It's fingerprinting. There is no technical solution to it.
Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#8> Facebook said that it tracks mouse movements to help its algorithm distinguish between humans and bots. Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult. Also, doesn't this conflict with rare types of input devices? Or people with a motor function disability? > to also determine if the window is foregrounded or backgrounded Shouldn't…
Google's already doing it with captcha: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/78807/how-does-...
But does Facebook track user during everyday session or just during some validation-action?
Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#9> Facebook said that it tracks mouse movements to help its algorithm distinguish between humans and bots. Stupid cat and mouse game. How difficult would it be for a bot to simulate a human's mouse movements? I suppose not very difficult. Also, doesn't this conflict with rare types of input devices? Or people with a motor function disability? > to also determine if the window is foregrounded or backgrounded Shouldn't…
I actually think its difficult to simulate mouse movements. Is there even a way to do so using PhantomJS or Headless chrome?
Re: Facebook confirms that it tracks mouse movements
#10This is beyond absurd. Why would you do that? What could go wrong? Is this a social network or spy agency?