<p>In case you haven’t read, the weird experience many had where they were suddenly directed to a Facebook error page from many websites - I think including CC - was due to Facebook’s Like buttons. These buttons connect to Facebook. If you were logged into Facebook, you were grabbed and thrown there. Don’t know why. </p>
<p>As some writers have noted, this event reveals a lot about what Facebook actually has going: those Like buttons track you.</p>
<p>I had that happen, too. I switched from Chrome to another browser and it worked fine so I thought it was a Chrome glitch. So strange. </p>
<p>FACEBOOK IS EVOLVING. KILL IT BEFORE IT TAKES OVER THE WORLD!</p>
<p>I use a Firefox add-on called DoNotTrackMe from abine.com that removes the code behind the like button, so that Facebook can’t track you unless you actually click the like button. Yes, Facebook is tracking you if that button appears on the web page, even if you don’t click on it.</p>
<p>Facebook’s latest egregious behavior is with their new Graph Search function. Setting your profile to be unsearchable does not apply to Graph Search. Which means all that stuff you thought was private is now visible if searches are done in Facebook.</p>
<p>Wait, I don’t understand. I did have the error from CC, it was weird. So I signed out of FB and then was okay. I’m not sure I understand what your mean by the Like button “tracking” you?</p>
<p>Besides what you see on your screen when you open up a web page, there is also programming code running that you don’t know about. This code will do things like read a cookie on your machine and report that back to an ad network, so that the ad network can target the ads that show up directly to you. </p>
<p>Ever wonder why if you search for shoes, all of a sudden you start seeing ads for shoes on totally unrelated web sites? It is due to the code that is running on the web page that is tracking you.</p>
<p>There is also code behind the Facebook “like” button that is doing something similar. It is basically acting like an ad network, but instead of displaying ads on your web pages, they use this to target ads to you when you visit the Facebook web site. You don’t even have to click it, the code that tracks you even if you don’t click it.</p>
<p>Here’s a nice summary:</p>
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<p>CC, for example, uses 3 ad networks and Facebook, to track you and serve you targeted ads.</p>
<p>I had the same problem. I ran Norton and it removed three tracking cookies. Then all was well.</p>
<p>I’ve been using adblocker and I still got the facebook error.</p>
<p>Still, it’s soooo nice to not have those pesky ads along the side on either facebook or cc!</p>
<p>Just curious, are you talking about the like button if you “like” another page, or commercial site? Or the like button for liking someone’s status or comment? Or does it not matter?</p>
<p>I had the problem with slate.com. Extremely annoying!</p>
<p>I make it a point to log out of Facebook every time. I know Facebook will track me if I am logged in. Facebook is a horrible company run by a thief.</p>
<p>I [gasp] logged out of Facebook just to stop that problem.</p>
<p>I use FB only to share photos with a few family members, so I log out when not viewing pictures there. If I run CCleaner regularly, is that sufficient to take care of the tracking cookies? Would it be a good idea to run Ad-Aware nightly, too?</p>
<p>While logging out may fix whatever this problem was, it doesn’t stop Facebook from tracking you.</p>
<p>I don’t know if CCleaner deletes cookies. I use a tool instead to block the tracking.</p>
<p>I haven’t run into the situation the OP describes. It maybe that I log into FB, do what I need to do and log out. I’ve not “liked” anything for years. </p>
<p>I’ve run into a different “interesting” FB event. When I log out, I get an error type message from FB telling me I’ve entered the wrong email address. If this had happened once, I would have ignored it. It happens nearly every time I log out of FB. FB doesn’t want me to log out apparently. It’s creepy. I switch between Firefox and Chrome so I can’t say which browser I’m using when it happens.</p>
<p>I despise FB for numerous reasons. I rarely ever post. A family member set up an event page for a reunion so I need to check it for updates. If not for that, I would delete my account. Even my young adult kids rarely use FB any more. I predict it’s on it’s way out (okay–just wishful thinking probably).</p>
<p>Limited FB user here. I did find it very useful for organizing a HS reunion. We were able to locate long lost members. And, I always log out before moving to next task.</p>
<p>Beside that though I find it’s not just FB but my iPhone - even iTouch and any online shopping sites - all have a ‘stalker’ feel to them. It seems like every thingy talks to every other thingy and just keeps adding info about me into some hidden and secretive profile which resides in an intangible ‘Cloud". Not sure how to avoid it completely but I warn my kids (and anyone else who will listen) not to put anything online, anywhere, that you don’t want to be public to the whole planet. (see news stories on the hacking of a former POTUS’ email account)</p>
<p>It feels very much like health insurance privacy laws which seem to hold that the all information is private, unless it is made available (at the sole discretion of the info holder) to any other entity for which the 9 point type, 20 page contract allows. Oh, except the information can’t be released to YOU…for privacy reasons. 
George Orwell would be proud.</p>
<p>I’m not a Facebook user and don’t plan to become one and somehow I manage to survive.</p>