Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

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Here's what you missed today in the world of tech. Facebook has rolled out what it calls link history which creates a

repository of all the links clicked by a user on the Facebook mobile app.

The company promotes link history as a convenient tool

allowing users to easily access their browsing history. You have the option to

disable this and if deactivated Facebook assures that the accumulated link history will be erased within about 90 days.

Now Facebook has always been tracking the links you click.

Most websites and apps do, but this is the first time Facebook has provided users with some

degree of transparency and control over a specific aspect of what it tracks

essentially Meta is now seeking user consent for a form of tracking it has been conducting for years.

And that's what's interesting because they do explicitly say, quote, when you allow

link history, we may use your information to improve your ads across meta technologies.

Quoting Gizmoto.

Link history creates a confusing new regime that establishes privacy settings that don't

apply if you access Facebook outside of the Facebook app.

If you log in to Facebook on a computer

or a mobile browser instead, link history doesn't protect you.

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