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I would say, you can request anything from them.

Like I request people to just not use FB anymore, if they don't want to be tracked by them.

Might have the same effect.

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Not using FB does not prevent Meta from tracking you.

It does, if you also use adblocker, disable js on certain sites, etc.

You can and will be fingerprinted and de-anonymized.

How so, if my adblocker prevents loading the add?

The site itself I am visiting could do so and share it with FB and whoever, sure - but this would be a different scenario.

Do you know if the social media icons that people put in their email signature can also be used to collect data on sender and recipient? I tried searching for information on this a while back but all I got in the search results were tutorials on how to add the social media icons in the email signature 'block'. :/

So it’s not the “not using FB” that prevents the tracking, then.

"Tracking" is a bit different, if I go to a big news site, that happens to also serve FB ads - than going to FB directly and complain that they track what I do at their place.

And like I said, if I use a adblocker preventing to load FBs add in the first place, then how can they meaningfully track me in any way?

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