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by tentacleuno 1571 days ago
The amount of client-side JavaScript code that inconspicuous Like button loads is unnerving.
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Doesn't matter much. Now it'll just happen server side where the server sends the same types of data directly to facebook. See the facebook CAPI. Basically a server side implementation of DataLayer and such...
I'm not particularly surprised. I always knew this day would come. In fact, I've been wondering why they haven't done this for a while. Maybe it's time to invest in a good VPN / Tor.