Deleted my Facebook account last night, you should too!

Ah, now that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish

In the beginning of my time on FB I spent a LOT of time playing those damn games. Mafia Wars 2 - Vendetta, Social City, Farmville, etc. I just realized how much time I was wasting - and on all those games I advanced to the point where you'd need money to continue. So, I deleted all the games instead of my account.

I counter the amount of time on the computer with running - which I "discovered" this past May - and some charity things in my niece's name (passed away in 2008 from colon cancer).

If deleting your account is the only way to go, then I applaud you. More people should do the same thing

From what I understand Facebook keeps all your data, whether your a registered user or not.
Even if you delete all your info before you delete your account I wouldn't trust them.
So when I decide to ditch Facebook (personal side....still good for business)
I'm just going to change all my info to complete bull****..more than it is now...lol, and leave it for a month so it gets integrated to their data base for sure...

HA...take that and sell it, Zuckerberg.

Facebook keeps deleted data






There is a theory, that I kind of buy into, that we are all cousins...32nd, 36th, 50th...I don't know the math. If we all come from two common ancestors...then this would be true. Google it..

That means WE are cousins Sumit....
what's for dinner...lol?
What are getting me for Xmas?
Can you lemme a fiver..?

Rofl...

You make some valid points. But still, most people don't understand the defaults and how to change them. I agree they should be defaulted to protect you, but it's not.

So, you delete your account, or you learn how to use it.

Frankly, I protect myself and my family to the best of my ability. But I also understand that no matter WHAT I do, things may and probably will still happen. In the meantime, I choose not to let the paranoia eat away at my thoughts. If it isn't Facebook, it would be something else. Think about it - we do a lot of things every day - some necessary some not - that could in some way hurt you no matter how well you protect yourself. Yet we still do them.

Facebook is but one small part of my life.

Very true! I almost fell out of my chair when my 78 year old mother from Costa Rica sent me a Facebook friend request.

She still calls on the phone a lot though.

Patrician,

I am far from a babe in the woods I understand EVERYTHING you are trying to say. Perhaps BECAUSE of your "hobby" it makes you more sensitive to it, but as I stated, I choose not to let it rule my thoughts on a daily basis.

Like I said in my post - I do what I can to protect my family. I simply don't dwell on it 24/7 and I think I am a much happier person for it.

Sh1t happens in this world, no matter what you know (or don't know) and there's very little you can do in many cases. I don't take things lightly, but I also don't take it to your level.

And by the way - I did not say or even hint at "tin foil hats" but I do read some level of paranoia in your posts. Perhaps I am mistaken (wouldn't be the first time). Or perhaps I am not and you will survive "Armageddon" and I won't. I am ok with that. Life ends for all of us sooner or later - can't help that. I just choose to live mine differently than you do.

Also, I have no sense of denial either. I have been on line since 1995. I know more than I let on. Again - I choose to take life differently. In the meantime, I protect my family in ways they don't know about. I read, I learn, I file it where it needs to go so I can recall it when needed.

No need to worry about me

I hated my FB account so deleted it ages ago. But knowing FB it's probably still there - after all it was the last time I checked. All I had to do was log in and there it was, just as before. I had to delete it all over again. So you may think you've deleted your account, but...

Haha! That was quick - good luck with your new year's resolutions

Good call though - it would be silly to deactivate if you use it for business!

A lot of people don't even understand how this works. Basically, places like facebook KNOW you probably won't give them what they WANT so, for the most part, they don't even ask!

The courts have judged against this SEVERAL times, but interestingly I haven't heard about it lately. Yet the reason why it has lost SO many times is because they TRIED so many times. They are OBVIOUSLY doing what has been deemed illegal today because, if they weren't, law enforcement might eventually, and rightfully so, charge them with OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE! Anyway, the courts say DON'T DO IT, and the law says they MUST, if they do things like provide login authentication, or advertise!

What I am talking about is a little thing called "data aggregation". In this case, it is the process of tying together disparate information about something. In this case, YOUR LIFE! HERE is how it works! YOU deal with yahoo, google, facebook, and maybe amazon. facebook is asked to provide info on your income, but doesn't have the info. They can go to a site and basically buy the info, or kind of trade. Using info they already have, they can update their records. They may determine what sites you visit by your going to one they provide services for. They may even be able to get more data from your browser history. They could go to amazon and probably get buying history.

And HOW much data does amazon have? They have your buying history, maybe info on ALL the sites you visit, information about a lot of things on those sites, etc... Amazon owns companies like alexa, and they also provide computer services for a list of companies that is growing FAST! Were YOU one of the MILLIONS that installed the alexa toolbar? Are you one of the millions that installed GOOGLE'S? THINK ABOUT IT! MOST people that installed it probably don't even know they have one and might NEVER have visited google! It gets around!

One of the REALLY scary things is that a virus, or your toddler, or one of the lists from google, etc... could cause your browser to go to weird sites, and someone at some place could even spread very untrue rumors about you. although many are illegal, they happen, and may even become a serious problem.

SO, how could they be charged with obstruction of justice? EASY! If law enforcement investigates a crime, and sees the person used a site with facebooks logon, facebook just became a wildcard! Info from them could LITERALLY blow the case wide open! A LACK of info could destroy the value of what they found! OBVIOUSLY, the cops are going to want the logs that the court said should NOT exist! They shouldn't exist because it is a breach of contract and privacy!

It is ONE thing to have logs for ONE of your systems! Another to have logs for ALL your systems. Another to have logs for OTHER systems. Another to tie that information together, which the courts struck down. But do you REALLY think they will leave that alone? I worked for a company that paid HUNDREDS of thousands for a D&B database! WHY? To get a lot of useful data on their customers to simplify sales. If they were willing to pay SO much, and then pay US hundreds of thousands, possibly MILLIONS, more, to implement it, why wouldn't facebook do it for effectively FREE!? BTW aggregation with D&B is expected, and it amounts to a statistics, family, and credit file for the corporations.

Anyway, my point is that facebook wants to become a huge marketing database, with its namesake as merely ONE front end.

Steve