The person that you’re replying to already called it negligent. It’s clear that it’s negligent.
That’s different from USPS not having some “legitimate” reason to use a Facebook tracking pixel somewhere.
I’m not even American, but I just spent 30 seconds on the USPS site and came across an online store where you can buy gifts, etc. This reasonably puts them well within the ballpark of an organisation that’d seek to use this sort of tech. As anyone that’s worked with anyone in ecommerce marketing will tell you, there’s always organisational pressure to shove these ‘tracking pixels’ onto your site.
Again, it’s negligent that they did it, from a privacy POV. But let’s not conflate that with ‘old man grumbling about social networks’.
> That’s different from USPS not having some “legitimate” reason to use a Facebook tracking pixel somewhere.
I don't think the USPS has any legitimate reason to be hosting tracking pixels from any entity outside the US government. USPS should have analytics on their website, but the USG has a hosted analytics package[0], and that's what they should be using -- which they are[1], so they should already be getting the data they need.
The person that you’re replying to already called it negligent. It’s clear that it’s negligent.
That’s different from USPS not having some “legitimate” reason to use a Facebook tracking pixel somewhere.
I’m not even American, but I just spent 30 seconds on the USPS site and came across an online store where you can buy gifts, etc. This reasonably puts them well within the ballpark of an organisation that’d seek to use this sort of tech. As anyone that’s worked with anyone in ecommerce marketing will tell you, there’s always organisational pressure to shove these ‘tracking pixels’ onto your site.
Again, it’s negligent that they did it, from a privacy POV. But let’s not conflate that with ‘old man grumbling about social networks’.