Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?

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Facebook has stopped sending packets or requests to localhost, and the code responsible for sending the _fbp cookie has been almost completely removed.

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Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?

6/5/2026, 12:30:59 AM

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