Whoa. That was weird.

[hudebnik]

So I follow a link in somebody's LJ post to a Washington Post blog entry. And over on the right side of the page is a panel labeled "Your Friends' Activity", listing Washington Post pages that have been liked, linked to, etc. by a bunch of people I know. How does the Washington Post know this? And which of my various social-network identities is it using to figure out whom I "know"? I mouse-over some of the entries, and they show Facebook URL's. Wait: I don't even have a Facebook account (that I know of)! Oh, I bet shalmestere didn't log out of her Facebook account the last time she used this computer. Still, a bit scary. I guess this is the "frictionless sharing" thing they were talking about.

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[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

Even if she is logged out, there are locally stored objects that can keep information around.
I'm using noscript and betterprivacy with firefox and am much happier for it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/08/how_to_stay_anonymous_part_ii/