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		rdtsc on Aug 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Big brother is here, and his name is Facebook You can't opt out completely because you are tracked anyway. They track your family, co-workers and so on

vbuwivbiu on Aug 12, 2017 [–]

Exactly. Due to the network effect you're on FB whether you like it or not, because those connected to you will talk about you via FB. That means that at a certain level of adoption, everyone in the world is effectively on FB.

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