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Speaking about prevention (for the specific case of the like button), I have privoxy (1) setup to disable fb plugins with rules like these:

{+block{Facebook "like" and similar tracking URLs.}} www.facebook.com/(extern|plugins)/(login_status|like(box)?|activity|fan)\.php

{+block{Stupid facebook xd_proxy.php.}} http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect/xd_proxy.php.*

The second one also removes an annoyance I see from time to time when I bypass the proxy which makes the page request again and again that xd_proxy.php file.

If I really want to like something, I disable the proxy and reload the page. I use Proxy SwitchySharp (2) for chrome to do the setup for me in pages I visit often.

1: http://www.privoxy.org/ 2: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dpplabbmogkhghncfb...



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