Huffington Post - There you go again, Facebook. Adding to its long history of whittling away its users' privacy, the social network had said it will soon adopt the practice that many web sites already use -- and which consumers overwhelmingly reject -- of tracking your surfing habits across the web in order to display targeted ads to you. Make no mistake. Under this new system, Facebook will not only drop ads for products into your news feed just because you "Liked" related products on Facebook. The social giant also plans to show you ads based on your "activities" on sites outside of Facebook. Which of your personal activities around the web will Facebook track? From what has been been made public about the new system so far, that's not obvious. Maybe Facebook will just track where you go online. Or maybe it will keep records of your detailed activities on various sites. (What might government agencies be able to do with such information? Use your imagination.) Can you opt out of Facebook
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