Internet Explorer - cross feeding information between sites?

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Sac Arrow

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So I was logged into a social networking site (no, not as me, but as an anonymous poster so I could view a link, I don't do social networking) and later, after closing my browsing session out, I opened a streaming music site for which I had a login account.

I was unable to log in for some reason. Then, I discovered it actually logged me in as the user of the social networking site.

Yikes!!! That was VERY disconcerting. HOW do I disable this information crossfeed, other than to clear all cookies and history every session?
 
I've only setup one site that allowed authentication with your facebook account. But from what I remember, you (or someone) had to acknowledge at some point that it was OK for facebook to share your info with the site. If you're using one of those "share my password" type sites, somebody else could have changed the privacy setting, I know functionally nothing about facebook other than a couple of test runs to get the one site communicating with it. I'd wager this is a facebook issue and not an IE one though.
 
See it all the time! You can often tell when you see your own FB photo on a national news site. Or, when you go to log onto yahoo and they won't accept your old UN/PW, they are only going to accept...(ie, not exactly sure about this example)....google's UN/PW!

AND some sites are telling me "Look at what news articles Xxxxxx is reading". Aagh, I don't want to know what other people are doing on the internet!
 
> That was VERY disconcerting.

It is becoming increasingly common. The most prevalent technology to accomplish this
magic is "oauth" (oh-auth).

At the moment, it seems secure ... until it isn't. Then; life will get exciting for those
that have come to rely on its charms.
 
Sac Arrow said:
So I was logged into a social networking site (no, not as me, but as an anonymous poster so I could view a link, I don't do social networking) and later, after closing my browsing session out, I opened a streaming music site for which I had a login account.

I was unable to log in for some reason. Then, I discovered it actually logged me in as the user of the social networking site.

Yikes!!! That was VERY disconcerting. HOW do I disable this information crossfeed, other than to clear all cookies and history every session?
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The music site logged you in as an anonymous user from the social networking site? Or did you use an "alternate id" at the social networking site, and the music site used that id?
 
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