Posted on 08/21/2012 6:54:22 AM PDT by JimRed
How can I safely create a Facebook account without risk of the following:
Facebook’s use of software that enables it to track users’ online activity after they log off of the social-networking site came under scrutiny in Washington this week, with lawmakers and consumer advocacy groups demanding a federal investigation. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) wrote that Facebook’s use of “cookie” software should be investigated under the “unfair and deceptive acts” clause of the agency’s mandate. “When people log out of Facebook, they are under the expectation that Facebook is no longer monitoring their activities,” wrote the congressmen….
Washington Post, 9/29/11
It is frustrating not to be able to shine the light of truth on the roaches and watch them scurry, and I miss baiting them into their usual name-calling mode. But I don't need my home burned, my car damaged or my tenants harrassed. In addition I am in a business where a good name is of value and a bad word can cost you money. Since the left will lie about those perceived to oppose them at the drop of a hat, I wish to retain anonymity.
Do I go to the library and set up an account from one of their machines, or is their a way to spoof that system from home? I think Mrs. JimRed has a FB account; should I sneak onto her laptop and do it? Any advice is welcome.
Then just make up a name and upload a profile pic and you are off!
Try the Firefox addon "Collusion" and you'll see exactly how much tracking is going on regardless of whether you are on Facebook or not.
http://m.lifehacker.com/5843969/facebook-is-tracking-your-every-move-on-the-web-heres-how-to-stop-it
You can also use "TOR".
This is especially useful if you intend to criticize our emerging totalitarian police state government, as they are throwing people into jail and mental hospitals if they are displeased with the work of Dear Leader Chairman Obama - Peace be upon him... etc. etc...
Fascist Obama Government throws innocent marine into prison for online speech.
Don't panic, nobody else can see your info, everyone sees their own... but I could do worse... so could the government, the difference is that I DON'T and they DO!
Post with caution... like a bullet once fired, an internet comment can be traced back to you and cannot be recalled once it hits its target.
Thanks, but one question: the page for Collusion contains this notice- Supported by the Ford Foundation.
Isn’t that one of those supporters of leftist causes, masquerading as do-gooders?
Have you ever ridden in a Ford car?
You do realize that you are using an operating system on your computer that was written by Microsoft, which supports plenty of Leftist causes, right?
Don't worry about the idiots you want to comment to; They won't listen to you anyway.
Throwaway free email account.
Proxify.
Use TOR browser bundle.
Get an email at someplace like Yahoo.
NEVER connect to that Yahoo email account if you are not using TOR. Not even the first time! This is because there will be a permanent record of your ip. Every time an email is sent from most web based email accounts a copy of your ip is sent along with it...be certain it is a TOR ip and not yours.
Use TOR and the web email account to open an account on facebook or whatever.
TOR is good but not perfect. Traffic analysis and the fact that the last hop has to be in the clear unless it is to an encrypted server is a weakness. TOR would not protect you against someone like the NSA for instance. For a better level of protection you would need to use an open public wifi connection with TOR...and only use the connection a single time, then move on to another open wifi.(do keep in mind that security cameras are everywhere and you may be photographed at an open wifi location) And keep in mind that last unencrypted hop! Do nothing while using TOR that could unmask you if someone were to be watching the data sent from that last hop. Stick to the business at hand, access only the anonymous email and facebook account during a TOR session and never any other email account or online forum..etc Never end a TOR session at an open wifi hot spot and then switch to normal unencrypted browsing...if you do then you are asking for trouble. If an adversary gets possession of the notebook/netbook you use for TOR browsing it could mean trouble.
There are ways to get much better anonymity but they are either costly or difficult to learn and use...
YES.
Ghostery is a useful all purpose anti-tracking add-on
facebutt ping
Facebook is a special kind of problem since so many sites use the FB "social plugin."
Post with caution... like a bullet once fired, an internet comment can be traced back to you and cannot be recalled once it hits its target.
Which is why I will not fill out government forms online or sign up to "sign" those White House petitions.
You cannot delete a facebook account.
Well, you could call yourself “Barack” and claim to be an American...
You can create a false account easy, just make up a name and give it an e-mail address that’s anonymous. BUT that won’t actually let you avoid the cookie monster. It just mean all that tracking will be tied to a fake name and anonymous e-mail... and the IP address of your computer.
You’re never really anonymous on the internet, there’s always going to be multiple computers that have record of your computer requesting data from another computer.
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