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		tayo42 on March 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, In... Yeah? Why should I care about tracking? Why is what you click on so secret and guarded and why should I care. Sites have been tracking forever. I was 8 and putting counters on my geocities sites Is the problem just Facebook and Google? The retail clothes store I used to work for tracked everything. Where's the outrage?

darkarmani on March 6, 2019 [–]

> I was 8 and putting counters on my geocities sites

How is a hit counter at all related to tracking users?

tayo42 on March 6, 2019 | [–]

Why would you say it's not. It's the begging of tracking to get information about what's happening on your website

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