A class-action lawsuit alleges that Facebook violated federal wiretap statutes by tracking people’s Internet browser history even when they are not logged in.

The use of cookies, a tracking script left in your history when you visit a site, isn’t uncommon in the web world, but from a legal standpoint, they aren’t supposed to track your history once you leave a website. But that’s what Facebook’s trackers appear to be doing.

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