[Hayes]

We could use this thread to give some feedback back to Facebook. They'll hear it and might even listen. Because this isn't black and white. All the web developers on here "track users" on their websites, it can be as mild as logging for AB testing. Facebook is now needing to do this across domains because their application extends across domains. Where do you draw the line?

[Hayes]

I mean, by the patent description couldn't this just be the ticker auto-sharing stuff?

I think something along the lines of what they've done where you have to approve a given app (or domain) before you can be tracked on it and maybe otherwise it logs things anonymously with a hashed UID like Facebook asks facebook app developers to do with all their logging.

[salemh]

More telling how many elite programmers have gone to Facebook, and support these policies by proxy of employment and/or silence.