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I'm pretty upset right now. Somehow this site got "liked" by me and showed up in my SISTER'S Facebook feed as a site that I like. She knows about my decision, but I'm freaking out that now all my FB friends know too.

I've unliked the site, but I don't recall clicking on the like in the first place. Did I accidently click it when responding/reading through a message? The banner across the top on my phone makes this a possible reason. Since this is such a personal decision I'm feeling betrayed. I want to cry.

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I'm so sorry that happened. I too am not at all comfortable with all of Facebook knowing about this. You could've liked it for lots of reasons (to Facebook land). That said. I'm looking to see if I too inadvertently liked it.


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It would never show in your feed without you allowing it. Move on. People won't notice. All you say is I looked at eating plans if someone asks. Good luck. No one except our daughter knows we were sleeved 4 years ago and we like it that way.

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Theres so many ways you can be tracked without ever doing anything other than visiting sites..

-Cookies: Stored files on your computer. While there are browser restrictions for first and third party Cookies, ad networks bypass this and share that info. They have access to cookies they modify and that's one way of tracking what sites you go to. That info is relayed to a third party that shares the data so they can tailor things to you. Examples of this are doubleclick, adnxs, etc.

-Cloud tracking: A number of websites use this generally by placing an invisible image or script on a third party website so it can track where you've been. Other methods are used as well (famously social media buttons). Examples of these are Google Analytics, Addthis, Sharethis, Ensighten, Newrelic, Chartbeat, Monetate, Bluekai, Omniture, Doubleclick (yes they do this too), Scorecard Research, etc.

-Supercookies: Information stored on browser platforms you download such as Microsoft Silverlight. This is a method used to track where you've been by accessing a third party program you've allowed on the browser.

A few of the remedies I used for this are the utilization of ScriptSafe (previously NoScript/Notscripts, don't think it's being developed anymore) and uBlock Origin (previously used AdBlock Plus until they were offering money to companies to bypass these restrictions). Scriptsafe in particular will show you each domain that tries to connect to you when you visit a webpage. You'll notice after a while that there are many familiar sites that track you throughout the internet without ever needing to store and access data files like cookies. The upsides is it provides peace of mind from tracking. The downside is if you take a cautious approach like I do, it means you spend a bit of time, especially when first installing ScriptSafe in particular, whitelisting websites, and figuring out if the domain trying to connect to you is used for relevant reasons of why you're visiting the site, or if it's merely trying to track you. Some webpages are set up to not function correctly without approving these third party tracking domains. My wife doesn't like the bother of it so she doesn't use the Chrome addons I do.

This site in particular uses at least 3 of these trackers, and as far as Facebook is concerned their trackers are vast, so if anyone clicks like on something they automatically find their friends and tailor that to them as well. I really wouldn't be surprised at this. As far as the site is concerned they're innocently wanting to get the word out about their site so allow people to share things. At the same time, Facebook is rather intrusive as to what details it gets. That's the cost of it being free.

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Same exact thing happens to me & my husband. I use the desktop computer a lot and we both access Facebook through there. My husband would NEVER "like" Bariatric pal but it showed on my feed that he did. I also had a minor freak out since I haven't told anyone. I got over it, but i was really annoyed initially.

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No one has mentioned or asked about it so I'm going to move on, but I'm pretty vigilant now about checking to see if it is a liked page again.

I didn't know Cookies could cause a problem for anything more than my waistline, BTW. 😉

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