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I don't know if either of these contribute to an understanding of Facebook's view of privacy, but I recently came across two pages which surprised me in some wa
by plorg 11y ago
I don't know if either of these contribute to an understanding of Facebook's view of privacy, but I recently came across two pages which surprised me in some way.
The first[1] is a user's search history, which allows a user to see what terms they entered into the search box, going back apparently to nearly the beginning of the website (I think I saw records back to 2005).
The second[2] is a list of advertising topics or preferences. These, I believe, are generated automatically from pages you have "Liked" in the past. For instance, I found a listing for an obscure city in Japan that had the same name as a radio station I had subscribed to.
In both cases I guess it's some form of "benevolence" for them to freely admit they had this data and to allow you to edit it. At the same time, the second page in particular struck me as disturbing because there are at least 3 different settings which already ask that my interests and preferences not be used for advertising purposes. I had specifically set those options against targeting. Yet, here they are, gathering that information anyways.
[1]https://www.facebook.com/me/allactivity https://www.facebook.com/me/allactivity
[2]https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/edit/ https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/edit/
- plorg 11y ago[1] should be https://www.facebook.com/me/allactivity?log_filter=search https://www.facebook.com/me/allactivity?log_filter=search - I noticed only after I missed the edit cutoff.
- dnlbyl 11y agoA.k.a A list of your exes.
- duidui 11y agohttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?sk=allactivity&log_filter=search https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?sk=allactivity&log_filt...
- duidui 11y agohttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?sk=allactivity&log_filter=search https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?sk=allactivity&log_filt...
- hanspeter 11y agoWhich other 3 settings are you thinking of? There's this general page for ad settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads&view https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads&view None of them offers you an opt-out on ads based on interests.
- plorg 11y agoAt this point I can only operate off of my memory. The Facebook ads privacy settings have changed quite a few times. For several years there was a page that, if I am remembering correctly, offered to allow you to opt-in to interest-based ads. For most of that time, at least for me, the actual "button" remained grayed-out and I received a message that said that I was unable to join the program at that time. How does one characterize this other than, "if I cannot opt in, surely my information is not being used in this way without my permission"?