Facebook Connect tracks friend’s activities on other websites

news.com.au
Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008

FACEBOOK has launched a tool that allows users to see what their “friends” have been doing on other websites.

The new application, Facebook Connect, allows members to log on to other sites using their Facebook login details.

Privacy watchdogs are on alert over the new tool, which is being rolled out by the social networking giant with a number of partner websites in the coming weeks.

Among the first sites visitable through Connect will be the Discovery Channel, social news site Digg and video site Hulu.

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The company believes the built-in socialising tool similar to ventures being trialled by Yahoo!, Google and MySpace will help to make web-surfing a more social experience.

For example, Connect will let friends gather virtually to watch a video on Hulu and chat about it, all in the same place.

Connect will give Facebook extra information about its members’ interests, which could be used to target advertising.

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4 Responses to “Facebook Connect tracks friend’s activities on other websites”

1. Anon. of Ibid. Says:
   December 3rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm

   Shades of Danny Casalaro! What a great trapdoor program tool for dirty cops, criminals, and rogue agents to use for the purposes of frame ups, assumptions of character, and virtual blackmail. There’s probably worse…much worse, that I just can’t think of at the moment.

2. pissed in canada Says:
   December 3rd, 2008 at 7:02 pm

   WOW, the inception of virtual snitching, the concept is very orwelian lol

3. flatearther Says:
   December 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm

   Friends, being watched by friends ,people will start to self police themselves,who needs police when you have virtual friends to do it.ps plant/buy tomatoes now before the price goes up,i.e.your money is devalued and it ain’t worth s#it.

4. flatearther Says:
   December 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm

   Yesterday upon the net,i saw a friend that iv’e never met,he’s watching me,i feel them still’,these pervert bastards i will have to [virtualy]kill.