Klogged » 2009 » January http://kurtmargenau.com/blog Kurt Margenau has a blog. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en Has Facebook Gone Too Far? http://kurtmargenau.com/blog/has-facebook-gone-too-far/ http://kurtmargenau.com/blog/has-facebook-gone-too-far/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:23:17 +0000 Kurt http://kurtmargenau.com/blog/has-facebook-gone-too-far/ I know facebook has some pretty clever ways to get targeted ads to its users. I’ve heard they catalog your browsing behavior on the site and target things based on your interests and whatnot listed in your profile.  More devious things I’ve heard of are tracking your browsing off-site, and attempts at image recognition.

Facebook’s orwellian ad-targeting technology may be more advanced than we know.  I came to this realization when I saw this:

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my reaction:

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wtf facebook, stop spying on my ass.

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