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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 13

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Charlie Stross

    “Facebook confirms that it tracks how you move mouse on the computer screen” (Now is a good time to ask your friends who work at Facebook how they manage to sleep at night.) #SurveillanceCapitalismhttps://twitter.com/cstross/status/1006829929592492035 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Charlie StrossVerified account @cstross
    I think at this point we can basically say that Facebook is malware, specifically a RAT (remote access trojan) targeting your hindbrain: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/facebook-confirms-that-it-tracks-how-you-move-mouse-on-the-computer-screen-1258189-2018-06-12 …
    8:49 AM - 13 Jun 2018
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      2. Fifix‏ @Fifix_FR Jun 14
        Replying to @aral

        Hard to say. In some projects (that could raise ethics-related questions for example), it's not uncommon to make one dev work on one small part, another on another small part, etc... Pretty good security measure, and ensures that devs don't get the big picture.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 14
        Replying to @Fifix_FR

        Indeed. But at this point, unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve read the news reports, you know :)

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      2. Marcus S. Zarra‏ @mzarra Jun 13
        Replying to @aral @synfinatic

        You should probably read past the headline.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 13
        Replying to @mzarra @synfinatic

        I’m a little past headlines on this topic, Marcus ;)https://ar.al 

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      4. Marcus S. Zarra‏ @mzarra Jun 13
        Replying to @aral @synfinatic

        Benevolent as always I see 😊

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      1. James Dunne‏ @jamesinparis Jun 13
        Replying to @aral

        pic.twitter.com/3GydZrHfIb

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      2. Free Trade‏ @FreeTrade68 Jun 13
        Replying to @aral

        Kinda surprised Facebook doesnt have its own browser yet. FaceBrowser. FaceLook.

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      3. Free Trade‏ @FreeTrade68 Jun 13
        Replying to @FreeTrade68 @aral

        TraceBook! Got it.

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      1. ((λ()'Dr.ArneBab))‏ @ArneBab Jun 13
        Replying to @aral

        and afterwards ask yourself what that re-captcha thingy does when you just click the checkbox …

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      2. Jordan Moore‏ @jordanmoore Jun 14
        Replying to @aral

        Facebook seems to be using this as a means to distinguish humans from bots flooding their platform. I’m not defending FB or passing comment on their practices, just taking the reports and evidence at face value.

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      3. Terry‏ @teddyrised Jun 14
        Replying to @jordanmoore @aral

        I think one of Google Recaptcha's strategy to separate humans from bots also depends on tracking mouse movements on the screen. I wonder how common this is used.

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      4. Liz Butler‏ @lizbutler Jun 14
        Replying to @teddyrised @jordanmoore @aral

        It’s pretty common. I use Hotjar which records screen sessions and shows everything people are clicking on a website. It’s really valuable to be able to see where people are getting confused so that you can improve certain elements on a site to be more clear.

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      5. Jordan Moore‏ @jordanmoore Jun 14
        Replying to @lizbutler @teddyrised @aral

        Same for me Liz, I’ve used Hotjar to correct UX concerns that were seemingly hidden in plain sight.

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      1. IDE : Digital Ethics‏ @DigitaleEthik Jun 14
        Replying to @aral

        Soon, hopefully, Facebook might no longer be a social norm. That happens when you shed privacy for piracy.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy …

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      1. Diogo Constantino‏ @DMConstantino Jun 14
        Replying to @aral

        This is how I read it: Facebook confirms that it does what we all should have expected it to be doing, but not all are tech savy enough to know about it, or have enough critical though to expect it. And we know the other #SurveillanceCapitalism companies do the same!

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      1. Mikkel Kongsfelt‏ @mkongsfelt Jun 14
        Replying to @aral

        And so what? What horrible things could they use that information for?!? There are many privacy issues with FB in general - but I really don't see that this is a big privacy issue.

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      1. ☆Fumatteo☆‏ @FuMatteo Jun 13
        Replying to @aral @vasyjuly

        I am pretty sure I DON'T have friends who work for Facebook...at least that they know of...

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      1. sjee‏ @Sjee Jun 13
        Replying to @aral

        Not just Facebook. Many websites use "session replay" scripts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_replay …

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      2. Cam Cavers‏ @camcavers Jun 13
        Replying to @aral @dsearls

        Now is a good time to log in to FB and trace out something appropriate to how this makes you feel with your mouse

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Mike Smith‏ @Toky02 Jun 14
        Replying to @camcavers @aral @dsearls

        Not just FB they’re all at it

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      4. Cam Cavers‏ @camcavers Jun 14
        Replying to @Toky02 @aral @dsearls

        Well, I mean, we’ve been able to see some mouse data in Google Analytics on sites for like a decade now, so I’m not totally shocked

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