{"id":6661,"date":"2022-08-11T18:40:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/11\/meta-injecting-code-into-websites-visited-by-its-users-to-track-them-research-says\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:40:12","slug":"meta-injecting-code-into-websites-visited-by-its-users-to-track-them-research-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/11\/meta-injecting-code-into-websites-visited-by-its-users-to-track-them-research-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta injecting code into websites visited by its users to track them, research says"},"content":{"rendered":"

The owner of Facebook and Instagram is using code to follow those who click links in its apps, according to an ex-Google engineer<\/p>\n

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been rewriting websites its users visit, letting the company follow them across the web after they click links in its apps, according to new research from an ex-Google engineer.<\/p>\n

The two apps have been taking advantage of the fact that users who click on links are taken to webpages in an \u201cin-app browser\u201d, controlled by Facebook or Instagram, rather than sent to the user\u2019s web browser of choice, such as Safari or Firefox.<\/p>\n

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\nThe owner of Facebook and Instagram is using code to follow those who click links in its apps, according to an ex-Google engineer
\nMeta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been rewriting websites its users visit, letting the company follow them across the web after they click links in its apps, according to new research from an ex-Google engineer.
\nThe two apps have been taking advantage of the fact that users who click on links are taken to webpages in an \u201cin-app browser\u201d, controlled by Facebook or Instagram, rather than sent to the user\u2019s web browser of choice, such as Safari or Firefox. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The owner of Facebook and Instagram is using code to follow those who click links in its apps, according to an ex-Google engineer Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been rewriting websites its users visit, letting the company follow them across the web after they click links in its apps, according to new …<\/p>\n

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