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Facebook is going to start forcing ads to appear for all users of its desktop website, even if they use ad-blocking software. The social network said on Tuesday that it will change the way advertising is loaded into its desktop website to make its ad units considerably more difficult for ad blockers to detect. “Facebook is ad-supported. Ads are a part of the Facebook experience; they’re not a tack on,” said Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, vice president of Facebook’s ads and business platform.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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(Score: 1) by Francis on Thursday August 11 2016, @01:05AM
What do you think those stupid like buttons all over the place are all about.
I'm personally skeptical that they have a real name associated with it, but they definitely do track people who haven't logged in in an effort to better datamine the people that don't willingly hand over the goods.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday August 11 2016, @04:34PM
They aren't about Profiles for Non users. Apparently you've never clicked one. Good job.
Look, why would they need to create a profile for a non user?
The instant a non user signs up and becomes a user, its a minuscule effort for them to scan their system for phone numbers, email addresses, IP addresses, and what ever else the sign up may reveal, looking for friends or mentions.
My wife signed up after decades of ignoring FB. She was inundated with Friend requests, suggested contacts, from other FB users that stupidly and inconsiderately shared their contacts with facebook. It went on for weeks.
One twit somewhere used facebook's addressbook feature on their phone. Your email address/number/list-of-friends was in that list. That leads to a list of names and numbers, that leads to another list, and another. Find a couple of linkages, suggest a friend (and maybe generate some phoney friend requests). Sit back for a few days, rinse, repeat.
Facebook doesn't need shadow accounts. They already have the raw data in other people's accounts.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.