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Stop Facebook from using your pictures in ads

by viralim
10 replies
I came across this and thought I might share ...

Facebook Evil: Your Picture in Ads | Product Management 2.0
#ads #facebook #pictures #stop
  • Profile picture of the author Howdy Doody
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    Ooh, thanks for this. I had no idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author phylma
    I had no idea this could happen. Have already changed permissions and added a post to my friends with the link. Thanks for the tip
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  • Profile picture of the author patJ
    Hm, your pics can show up in ads? One more reason not to use FB other than to advertise..
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  • Profile picture of the author k8spy8
    Really is it happening? I have no idea regarding this, I mean how it can be happen and what is the benefit of it? Thanks for the solution you have given. Need to apply this, as I do not want to see my face on adsence.
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  • Profile picture of the author TeddyP
    It isn't just ads that are the problem - you should set all of your photo albums to private to avoid the "photo stalker" application. If our photo albums are not set to private, anyone who has this app can look at them just by adding your name. Creepy.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnwho
    nice..just change the settings on my account.
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  • Profile picture of the author promediasys
    Similarly, I get alot of emails from Classmates.com showing people from my high school graduating class. The headline is "Do you remember {insert name here}!" and it shows their picture with arrows pointing to your own photo or avatar, insinuating some type of relationship between the two of you. I don't know about you but I'd hate to login to a service like that for the first time and then find out they are sending broadcast emails out with my photo, just kind of creepy if you ask me.

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  • Profile picture of the author Gabe77
    That's why I never use FB for advertising. And I don't accept invites from people I don't know.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineMarketingSys
    Like most of the people here this just seems like a bad idea, I have heard about adult dating sites doing similar things using peoples profiles in their ads. At least with Facebook the content would be hopefully PG. However, it just shows you that you need to be careful which companies you trust online, since facebook pretty well idemdifies itself from any legal action you take.

    A good question would be if you could take legal action against facebook if someone else posts a picture of you online and facebook without your permission uses your likeness in advertising. I would venture to guess if you were not a facebook user and you somehow found out about this you could have a decent case.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tracey_Meagher
    Thank you so much for this. That bugged me so much. I hate seeing me and my friends in ads, especially on IQ tests where I'm the one with 'idiot?' underneath my name
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