[dba-Tech] Deleting your Facebook account

[Arthur Fuller]

Obviously so, but on the other hand millions of people didn't know what
they were getting into when they joined Facebook. FB claims well over a
billion users, and who knows how much of their data has been harvested.
Nothing can be done to un-harvest the data that these many millions have
freely provided. But something can be done about the future: first, delete
your account, and second, replace the functionality with other software. I
shall detail these replacements in my next email.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net
> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----
>
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
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Arthur