Facebook has over 200 trackers watching you, new study finds(businessinsider.com)

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Facebook has over 200 trackers watching you, new study finds

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-how-facebook-is-tracking-your-internet-activity-2012-9

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So, the more you browse the Internet the more your browser makes requests for (third-party) Web sites? That's hardly news.

What gets me is the reporting; 'even the site I write for helps them track you.' Now that's a question (I know the answer): why do so many sites throw sharing icons all over? Are they really that beneficial? Or is the return low? Or given the time required to put them on a site, does it not even matter?