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Facebook is pretty guilty of this too. I "deleted my account" on Facebook years ago and the only effect this had was that I lost access make changes to my accou
by kerkeslager 11y ago
Facebook is pretty guilty of this too. I "deleted my account" on Facebook years ago and the only effect this had was that I lost access make changes to my account. The account still exists and still is accessible[1], albeit with outdated information. I have no doubt they're still making money off my data.
[1] https://www.facebook.com/david.kerkeslager https://www.facebook.com/david.kerkeslager
- eevilspock 11y agoThe EFF wrote a nice stinging indictment of Facebook, Internet Companies: Confusing Consumers for Profit: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/internet-companies-confusing-consumers-profit https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/internet-companies-con...
- dave2000 11y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if Facebook created profiles for people who've never used it, just by virtue of having enough of their friends having their contact details. IE if 5 people are friends and all have "fred bloggs" in their contact list then there's a good chance it's the same "fred bloggs". I'm not sure what this virtual person is worth to advertisers, though, just like I'm not sure what you're worth if you don't use it any more.
- mason55 11y agoThey absolutely do this and have been doing it for awhile. If you google "Facebook shadow profiles" you'll get plenty of info about it.
- spicyj 11y agoThat doesn't sound right. Have you tried logging into it again? If you can, you should be able to follow these instructions then which really do permanently delete the account: https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674 https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674 (If you can't get in, reset password, etc?)