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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday April 10 2019, @03:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the he-sees-you-when-you're-sleeping dept.

CNet:

I thought the precautions would reduce how much data Facebook gathered about me. Turns out, I was wasting my time.

Even when your account is deactivated, the social network continues collecting data about your online activities. All that data gets sent back to Facebook and is tied to your account while it's in this state of limbo. It's as if you'd changed nothing.

Facebook says it only removes all of your data if you permanently delete your account. Deactivating isn't as extreme, the company says, and the social network continues collecting your data in case you change your mind and want to return to your profile. Facebook expects deactivated users to return and wants to continue serving them ads relevant to their new interests.

In Soviet America, Facebook will deactivate you?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @04:04AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @04:04AM (#827270)

    I'm simply reporting facts.

    Fact 1. I drove by 1 Hacker Way twice last year from opposite directions.
    Fact 2. Both times I could smell Indian food from miles away.

    People can form their own theories and opinions from these notable facts.

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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @05:28AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @05:28AM (#827303)

    Theory 1. You are a liar.
    Theory 2. You are a racist.
    Theory Fact 3. You are both a liar and a racist.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @05:37AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @05:37AM (#827305)

      Who could come up with a lie like that? And why is reporting facts "racist" now?

      • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @06:37AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @06:37AM (#827319)

        Who could come up with a lie like that?

        Apparently, you.

        Some folks actually know that area.

        Unless you were on the way to FB (you're an uber driver perhaps? Or maybe part of the cleaning staff?), you didn't get within 500 yards of the place. Because there isn't much there except the FB campus. If you weren't going to FB, I'm not sure how you could smell anything from University Avenue or the 101.

        If your claim (that you drove by) was actually true, you'd know that. So that leaves it at you making an oblique, negative reference to the ethnicity of the folks who work there.

        What's more, there aren't any Indian restaurants within *miles* of FB HQ. Some half-decent Taquerias though. But I guess it's not as much fun to make bigoted remarks about Mexicans when talking about tech companies, huh?

        You're busted. But that's a good thing. Now you don't have to hide your bigotry any more. That will be a relief, won't it?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @06:50AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @06:50AM (#827321)

          LOL, we drove by and I pissed on the property too.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @07:04AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @07:04AM (#827330)

          The other thing I remember is all the creepy trucks waiting nearby in an out of the way excursion.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @06:21AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 10 2019, @06:21AM (#827317)

      I like this. OP is a racist liar.