[dba-Tech] Deleting your Facebook account

[Peter Brawley]

On 3/28/2018 13:08, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> You are right but according to CA's CEO, all it takes is "likes" or "dislikes" on ten items to create a strong personal profile. With thirty tags, he said we have a in-depth profile with more insight than the person themselves knows. So it does not even matter that you have never contributed to a FB conversation...just the most rudimentary tagging is all that is necessary.

Sure, if we use a search engine or issue (dis)likes, we're profiled. 
There's just one way to avoid that---completely anonymise your internet 
presence.

FB is a different Orwellian level--addictive & exploitive by design with 
other corrosive consequences, so there are reasons beyond desire for 
privacy to minimise use of it.

PB


>
> I would suspect that Cambridge Analytica also cross-indexes result to any number of open data pools.
>
> I think Mark Zuckerberg, best summed it up with his opinion on those who share everything on social media and expect alsolute privacy, "dumb F**KS".
>
> Chris Wylie is a "credit to Canada," says a Labour MP who heard the whistleblower's explosive testimony about how the Leave campaign used Cambridge Anayltica data:
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/as-it-happens/segment/15532139
> http://bit.ly/2pMftaz
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "peter brawley" brawley at earthlink.net>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 8:45:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Deleting your Facebook account
>
> 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" gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 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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