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I recently visited opensecrets.org and was surprised to see a message box in the lower right corner of the window asking if I wanted to talk, and displaying my name.
The pop-up says Chat with opensecrets.org in Messenger.
As far as I know, I haven't allowed Facebook to share any data with this site, so how does this website know my name?
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I recently visited opensecrets.org and was surprised to see a message box in the lower right corner of the window asking if I wanted to talk, and displaying my name.
The pop-up says Chat with opensecrets.org in Messenger.
As far as I know, I haven't allowed Facebook to share any data with this site, so how does this website know my name?
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Comment: I can't see any message box in any lower-right corner... might it be Firefox's anti-hassle (anti-tracking) feature? :-D
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4 hours ago
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I recently visited opensecrets.org and was surprised to see a message box in the lower right corner of the window asking if I wanted to talk, and displaying my name.
The pop-up says Chat with opensecrets.org in Messenger.
As far as I know, I haven't allowed Facebook to share any data with this site, so how does this website know my name?
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I recently visited opensecrets.org and was surprised to see a message box in the lower right corner of the window asking if I wanted to talk, and displaying my name.
The pop-up says Chat with opensecrets.org in Messenger.
As far as I know, I haven't allowed Facebook to share any data with this site, so how does this website know my name?
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Comment: I can't see any message box in any lower-right corner... might it be Firefox's anti-hassle (anti-tracking) feature? :-D
– usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
4 hours ago
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Comment: I can't see any message box in any lower-right corner... might it be Firefox's anti-hassle (anti-tracking) feature? :-D
– usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
4 hours ago
Comment: I can't see any message box in any lower-right corner... might it be Firefox's anti-hassle (anti-tracking) feature? :-D
– usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
4 hours ago
Comment: I can't see any message box in any lower-right corner... might it be Firefox's anti-hassle (anti-tracking) feature? :-D
– usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
4 hours ago
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I went on that website and this is what I saw:
They are using the Customer Chat Plugin from Facebook.
They don't know your name, they're just embedding an iframe to allow you to speak with their Facebook page's administrator(s).
Only Facebook knows who you are.
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
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@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
96
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
4
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
13
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
7
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
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I went on that website and this is what I saw:
They are using the Customer Chat Plugin from Facebook.
They don't know your name, they're just embedding an iframe to allow you to speak with their Facebook page's administrator(s).
Only Facebook knows who you are.
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
5
@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
96
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
4
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
13
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
7
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
|
show 10 more comments
I went on that website and this is what I saw:
They are using the Customer Chat Plugin from Facebook.
They don't know your name, they're just embedding an iframe to allow you to speak with their Facebook page's administrator(s).
Only Facebook knows who you are.
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
5
@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
96
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
4
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
13
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
7
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
|
show 10 more comments
I went on that website and this is what I saw:
They are using the Customer Chat Plugin from Facebook.
They don't know your name, they're just embedding an iframe to allow you to speak with their Facebook page's administrator(s).
Only Facebook knows who you are.
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
I went on that website and this is what I saw:
They are using the Customer Chat Plugin from Facebook.
They don't know your name, they're just embedding an iframe to allow you to speak with their Facebook page's administrator(s).
Only Facebook knows who you are.
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
answered yesterday
Benoit EsnardBenoit Esnard
7,75444251
7,75444251
5
@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
96
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
4
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
13
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
7
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
|
show 10 more comments
5
@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
96
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
4
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
13
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
7
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
5
5
@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
@A.Hersean That's really an iframe, so the website can't read the name nor the discussion.
– Benoit Esnard
yesterday
96
96
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
"Only Facebook knows who you are." Sounds like a quote from a horror movie.
– Overmind
23 hours ago
4
4
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
Maybe a slightly more detailed part to the answer that I think OP is looking for: The website does not know who you are. The website just sends a "facebook thing" to your browser, as part of its webpage. When your page loads in your browser, the "facebook thing", which runs in a facebook domain iframe, accesses your local cookie (which was created by visiting facebook), and uses that cookie to figure out your identity. The original website still has no idea what your identity is, but your local browser page (which is showing a page that once came from the web server) and Facebook does.
– Flater
21 hours ago
13
13
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
While this seems like a decent and plausible answer, given Facebook's repeated behavior of sharing data despite have promised to stop, I think the statement "only Facebook knows who you are" is questionable in general. You should assume whatever you put on Facebook will be shared with other companies.
– JimmyJames
19 hours ago
7
7
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
@JimmyJames And where are your evidence except "Facebook is sharing data to third-parties in general"? iframes are, by design, unable to access each other as a part of browser security, barring possible 0-days. You've provided nothing but FUD-inducing statement here. If you want to bite at Facebook's shady practices, go do it at places where it actually applies.
– Voile
11 hours ago
|
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Comment: I can't see any message box in any lower-right corner... might it be Firefox's anti-hassle (anti-tracking) feature? :-D
– usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
4 hours ago