Facebook finally reacting to accusations Nik Cubrilovic, information technology practitioners in Australia has criticized the Facebook has been spying on its users, even after they log out . Responding to the allegations, Director of Engineering Facebook Arturo Bejar said they are collecting user data called cookies. But Bejar ensure the data is immediately deleted. "We are responsible for collecting data and then throw it away," Bejar said as quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, September 27, 2011. For information, the cookie is a series of text stored on your computer by sites websites you have visited .Generally, cookies save the settings or preferences accessed this site, for example the language selected or the user's location. A cookie can store various types of information, including personal information such as name, home address, address, e-mail , or phone number. But this information will only be saved if the user never gives data on the site. According to Bejar, Facebook was saving cookies to the user's own security so that they avoid the attack of phishing and spam . In addition, when users use different computers when accessing Facebook, usually there are additional steps that must be passed the user to prove that they are indeed true account owner. " Cookies allow Facebook users skip this step when accessing Facebook from a computer they've ever used before, " he said.
A Facebook spokesman said the information they receive will not be used for the benefit of advertising. The way Facebook collects data from its users is as follows, when accessing the Facebook site, either through mekasnisme logged in or not, this site put the file smaller so-called 'cookies ' in the computer users. Some of the cookies are still living in the computer even after the user did log out . Then whenever a user visits a site that connected with Facebook, for example through the 'Like' , the information from cookies is sent back to Facebook. In essence, with this practice, Facebook holds a list of history when users access the Internet. As reported previously, after Facebook launched its newest feature, 'Timeline', information technology experts pointed Nic Cubrilovic Facebook to spy on its users because this site can peek trace their users in every page that contains buttons or widgets of Facebook and send this data back to server- its. "Should the meaning of ' log out 'is not like this, "said Cubrilovi