The Cambridge Analytica scandal highlighted the sheer amount of data Facebook harvests on all its users – and how it can be used for dark purposes.
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“This was a good fix for the majority of the people I know, but eventually once you start making more friends, the dates will add-up”, Merheb said.
The latest blow: The Menlo Park-based social media giant is being sued by three users who downloaded the social media platform’s messaging app Messenger on their Android phones. The file can be a creepy wake-up call: All those years of browsing the News Feed, and sharing selfies, engagements and birthday wishes on Facebook have taught the company quite a lot about you.
With WhatsApp Co-founder Brian Acton joining the #deletefacebook movement, Elon Musk actually deleting the SpaceX and Tesla Facebook pages, and Mozilla pulling its ads from the platform’s network, the backlash has been non-stop.
In a blog post on Sunday, Facebook said it hadn’t done anything without permission.
Inside that file, Android users are discovering Facebook has been collecting logs of all their phone calls and text messages for years.
You could argue that targeted ads make for a better Internet experience.
Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst with Kaleido Insights, suggests turning off as numerous features as possible on Facebook.
This lawsuit hits Facebook as the company is grappling with a global crisis over user data.
Is this the full story? Facebook’s statement is contradictory to the author of the Ars Technica report, as he claims that Facebook recorded his text and call history without ever installing Messenger. Others are digging into just what it is Facebook knows about them.
So far, there’s no indication this has happened to iPhone users.
Web intelligence platform SimilarWeb’s App Usage rankings suggest that over the past 30 days, Facebook has remained the most used app in the USA and United Kingdom, on both Android and iOS platforms. Android, which is made by Google, is more indulgent of app developers, AP said. Simply add people by their email addresses, get them to RSVP yes or no.
In any case, if you’re curious to see exactly what data Facebook has on you, the firm offers a tool for downloading and viewing all your data from its site.
Since then, many people have been waking up to the fact that user data collection is the backbone of Facebook.
It may take several minutes depending on how much data you have and how long you’ve been a Facebook user.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that a political consultancy group was able to exploit Facebook user data on behalf of the 2016 presidential campaign for Donald Trump. We are beginning work on this and will have more details as we finalize the program updates in the coming weeks. “You will have the choice to decide if you would like admin consent for accepting new members, but this choice is by default switched off in settings of your group chat”, claims Moxon.
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Go to Settings, Privacy then select “Limit Old Posts”, which will mean everything is only visible to Friends.
