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...and does it actually delete your data from Facebook's servers? I.e. all their records of your messaging history, all your photos, their ability to make a fut
by marvin 9y ago
...and does it actually delete your data from Facebook's servers? I.e. all their records of your messaging history, all your photos, their ability to make a future third party face-recognize you on the street, their knowledge of who you find attractive, what party you are likely to vote for, what crimes you are likely to commit, what you like to spend money on and so on and so forth?
- ellisv 9y agoI don't think so. I've kept my account primarily because I assume they'd have a shadow account on me. Just because you don't have a FB account doesn't mean they don't have data on you.
- ttul 9y agoYes I believe so, although they say it may take a while for various batch processes to get rid of all traces - for instance tape backup.
- mercer 9y agoI've kept an account partly for that reason. I'm wondering how much GDPR might change that though. Can anyone with more expertise on the matter weigh in? Assuming I could be relatively certain that my data will be deleted, I'd probably keep a bare account but delete most of what they have.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- andrewprock 9y agoI would expect that much of your data would remain, though specific portions would be anonymized. I would guess that photos, the contents of posts, etc. would vanish (eventually), but the account id and metadata, connections to other accounts, events, and the like, would remain in perpetuity.