[dba-Tech] Deleting your Facebook account

[Jim Lawrence]

Its too late Arthur. The doors of the proverbial barn are open wide and have been for quite some time. What has been done is done and it can never be reversed.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 9:01:44 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Deleting your Facebook account

In the light of the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, you may be tempted to
delete your Facebook account. FB certainly doesn't make it easy to delete
your account. What follows is a concise recipe for achieving this. But
first a little preamble, that may help you in future adventures.

1. Visit Facebook in your browser. Drop down the arrow at the top right of
your screen and click *Settings*.
2. At the bottom of the General Account Settings, click *Download a copy of
your Facebook data*.
3. Select *Start My Archive*. This may take a while. When the process has
completed, you'll see a little pop-up notification. I suggest that you log
out and inspect this file, if only to realize how lax you've been with your
data.
5. Go to Delete My Account
<https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account>. (This
link will take you directly there; no need to login again.


There, it's done. You're free at last. You will receive another message,
saying that it could take up to 2 weeks for FB to physically remove your
account. Under no circumstance revisit your account during this period,
else you'll undo what you've just done.

-- 
Arthur
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