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Every click you take, Facebook will be watching you

Posted Jan 12th, 2010 at 5:12 PM and seen
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Do I hear a Facebook-Police mash-up in the works? Sounds possible, if a new interview with an anonymous Facebook employee proves legit. You see, because, like Sting, every step you take, every (online) move you make, Facebook will be watching you.

The chatty former Facebooker revealed some juicy details about the goings-on at the world’s most popular social networking site to TheRumpus.com. The ex employee claims that any interaction preformed on the site — pokes, profile clicks, photo uploads — is tracked by Facebook.

Check out the full interview that includes tidbits about a master password, the role of the site’s Chief Privacy Officer and “eye-tracking.”

Find all the best Facebook news in one spot.

 Annie Colbert

Comments (7)

Jan 12, 2010
flysumd34 said...
I know each company they were watching you if you were online on facebook or on twitter. If they find out the employee might loss there job.
Jan 12, 2010
Brian Oliver said...
Does it really surprise you that Facebook might track what you are doing on their website? When I saw this title I wasn't the least bit surprised. I was more interested because I wanted to see what other people's responses might be. By the way, I like the Facebook pic you posted with the little eyes and the caption. Haha! :)
Jan 12, 2010
Ivystime said...
Yes, I found this out when i run scans. Nothing on the internet is private. So dont post anyting you wouldn't want your momma to discover or worse, FB.
Jan 13, 2010
Cliff Tam said...
No surprise here. Huge data for demographic and profile research.
Jan 13, 2010
Mike said...
Uh, what is so shocking about this fact? Facebook would be stupid not to track what their users are doing in as much detail as possible. How do you know what your users are doing, where they are getting stuck at, what they find most useful, etc.

This may also shock you, but if every website operator knew how to do it, they would do it also. As tools get better and advances are made in ROI and tracking, more and more sites will be better equipped to track these kinds of things more effortlessly.

Jan 13, 2010
ACRONYMR said...
Facebook
Always
Could
Expect
Bigbrother
Oggling
O
K
Jan 13, 2010
sifr4 said...
This is not news. Every server has a log file. Welcome to the Internet.

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