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"Many people are logged in to Facebook all the time. I would think that an explicit login overrides any DNT header."

As a user, I want to be stay logged in to Facebook when posting a TC comment. But I don't want Facebook to track me when I visit some random site with a like button. How do we draw the line here?

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Pragmatically, we draw it with Adblock and NoScript and friends.

Suggested friend: Ghostery.

Is Ghostery useful if a person is already using a privacy list for AdBlock, such as EasyPrivacy[1] or Fanboy Tracking List[2]?

[1] https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/

[2] https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/

Yes, it lets you more easily re-enable things on a case-by-case basis. Like NoScript, but focused on privacy.

A solution that I've found works well for me is simply disabling cookies, and whitelisting any site that I want to use that requires them, or that I am attempting to log in to.

This is made easier for me by the fact that I don't use Facebook.

I think Facebook and Disqus are different cases. The only reason anyone ever logs into Disqus is to be able to use it on third-party sites. Not so for Facebook. People's intentions matter.

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