Privacy and Facebook

[Guest bbffassslut]

The Washington Post article about Facebook reach when we are away from Facebook was very eye opening. Though it did not show here it did pick up on Tumblr and Kik which has me very concerned because I use a different email and that account isn't even on Facebook. This is way to much information for any company to have on me or you. 

I thought many may find this of interest. 

I also hope this is the right area to post it. Otherwise I am uncertain where it should go. 

 

 

[think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/28/off-facebook-activity-page/

Edited January 29, 2020 by bbffassslut

[funpozbottom]

It's ironic that you have to turn off "private browsing" to be able to read an article on privacy.

[ErosWired]

Surprised yet somehow not surprised to see both Grindr and Growlr show up on my list of sites supplying info to my real-name FB account, even though I used completely different email accounts for the apps.

It’s also amusing that they give you a handy option to “turn off” your data tracking, but all it actually does is hide the data tracking from your own view - FB keeps on gathering and using it exactly the same way.

Time to start reading up on how to build a big electromagnetic pulse emitter...