[dba-Tech] Deleting your Facebook account

[Peter Brawley]

On 3/27/2018 21:43, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 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.

It ain't all-or-none. What you never post on FB can't be harvested from 
FB, and there's an argument for not contributing in any way to 
Zuckerberg's con game.

PB

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> Jim
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> ----- 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.
>