# facebook.tracking.exposed

> Collaborative tool to support investigation of personalization algorithms.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/facebook-tracking-exposed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/facebook-tracking-exposed)

## Overview

- **ID:** `facebook-tracking-exposed`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Tracking Exposed Team
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 81
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.71 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-01-20
- **First published:** 2016-12-13
- **Size:** 281 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-07-25
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-tracking-exposed/)
- **Website:** [https://facebook.tracking.exposed/](https://facebook.tracking.exposed/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-tracking-exposed/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-tracking-exposed/privacy/)

## Description

Facebook users that want data about own filter bubble, Researchers collecting data with control groups in FB, Journalist interested in echo chambers and algorithm personalization.

The project is in beta and these <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/cd5b8d9762b5441d4181f6eafd6fd5f95b483b73a421d8d1c56c58e494d88ecd/https%3A//facebook.tracking.exposed/background/executive-summaries/" rel="nofollow"> are the goal</a>, this is the browser extension <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/84335c8677c29778f362eb3ec4aaa878b06c01de633d5b2d7bb122a6195be736/https%3A//github.com/tracking-exposed/web-extension" rel="nofollow">repository </a> and this the <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/355177b7cd51a3bdf5c9de1008ddc1cb997a1baaf30e31a039476df3c3de1208/https%3A//github.com/tracking-exposed/facebook" rel="nofollow">backend</a>.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `cookies`
- `https://*.facebook.com/`

### Content script matches

- `*.facebook.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: facebook.com
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/facebook-tracking-exposed)