a quick note to say--

[kaberett]

In which the Internet is creepy: I spent Thursday & Friday nights at facesfriend's place. At no point did I connect to an internet via my laptop; at no point did I search the 'net for directions; and my phone Doesn't Internet and is in no wise associated with either Google or FB accounts. Most of our IMing is via gchat or IRC. How, then, is it that when I rocked up on facebook a little while ago from the Oxford Tube, it asked me if I lived in Cambridge, London, or facesfriend's area of town? BECAUSE IT HAS NEVER ASKED ME THAT BEFORE and Thursday was at most the second time I have been to that neck of the woods in my life.

Comments

[emceeaich]

Too many web pages load Facebook's scripts (for comments, single sign on, or just plain people stalking) so even if you didn't sign on to FB, you probably loaded a Facebook asset (single pixel gif, or javascript) and if you had any FB cookies, and there'd be enough info there on the basis of IP address to geolocate.

I'd recommend running the Ad Block Plus and Ghostery extensions and frequently updating them, they can stop sites from side loading Facebook assets.

Also, if you absolutely have to use Facebook, do it in a separate browser that is only used to look at Facebook, and delete all data (if you are feeling sufficiently burn-it-it with fire, use a virtual machine instance that gets deleted every time.)

[kaberett]

I do in fact already have AdBlock Plus and Ghostery installed on all my machines!