Facebook tracks you even after logging out

By Asher Moses
Updated November 10 2012 - 12:24am, first published September 26 2011 - 2:12am
Causing a stir ... Australian Nik Cubrilovic first spotted the tracking issue.
Causing a stir ... Australian Nik Cubrilovic first spotted the tracking issue.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shows off the new Facebook profiles at the F8 conference last week.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shows off the new Facebook profiles at the F8 conference last week.
Facebook's new Timelines feature creates a chronological scrapbook of major events in your life.
Facebook's new Timelines feature creates a chronological scrapbook of major events in your life.

An Australian technologist has caused a global stir after discovering Facebook tracks the websites its users visit even when they are logged out of the social networking site.

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