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Anyone who has requested a copy of "your Facebook data" did the data you got include a listing of which websites with embedded "Like" buttons you visited? Pres

by natch 9y ago

Anyone who has requested a copy of "your Facebook data" did the data you got include a listing of which websites with embedded "Like" buttons you visited? Presumably Facebook has this data, for people who are logged in with the same browser at the same time as they visit any page having a Like button. No need to click the button. The question is whether Facebook is keeping the existence of this data hidden from people who request a copy of the data Facebook has on them.

411mrc 9y ago
In 2016, there was a ruckus about Facebook collecting nonmembers viewing habit across the internet, so the answer is yes for my case. As far as I know, as a nonmember, I cannot access my shadow profile unless I join and give them yet more data to invade my privacy. Rather than live in George Orwell's nightmare, I have resorted to spending my time blocking their tracking at the dns request level on my router for all my devices. The great thing is you can block a bunch of other trackers and spyware as well.
- soared 9y ago
  There is a page for non-member data requests. (I can't access fb at work, but there is a page for it)
  - 411mrc 9y ago
    This is even more highly disturbing and problematic. How do I prove it's me? How do they keep other people from impersonating my "shadow" and downloading my data w/o my knowledge? Face book needs to delete all nonmember data now. My solution is to block everything they do via dns. I blocked 43 requests from my devices this morning alone, and I stay as far away as I can, and yet they tried to access 43 times. My next tactic is to spook them into thinking I moved to Europe and they risk serious revenue loss if they continue data collection w/o opting in. I will probably get a euro VPN once the law takes effect and see via dns if they still collect.
  - chopin 9y ago
    I can access FB, but there I cannot find any page for that (I cannot login as I have no account). Searching doe not reveal anything.
- jacobush 9y ago
  Congrats. Now you just live next door to the nightmare.
  - 411mrc 9y ago
    Yes, but I no longer feed it, and all this blocking speeds my internet substantially. I wonder how many people pay extra to subsidize their own tracking.
    - jacobush 9y ago
      you are right
glbrew 9y ago
There is a lot of information the download did not include. Another example I noticed is your "affinity" for each user. They obviously track how close you are with each friend but didn't include that.

by natch 9y ago

411mrc 9y ago

In 2016, there was a ruckus about Facebook collecting nonmembers viewing habit across the internet, so the answer is yes for my case. As far as I know, as a nonmember, I cannot access my shadow profile unless I join and give them yet more data to invade my privacy. Rather than live in George Orwell's nightmare, I have resorted to spending my time blocking their tracking at the dns request level on my router for all my devices. The great thing is you can block a bunch of other trackers and spyware as well.

soared 9y ago
There is a page for non-member data requests. (I can't access fb at work, but there is a page for it)
- 411mrc 9y ago
  This is even more highly disturbing and problematic. How do I prove it's me? How do they keep other people from impersonating my "shadow" and downloading my data w/o my knowledge? Face book needs to delete all nonmember data now. My solution is to block everything they do via dns. I blocked 43 requests from my devices this morning alone, and I stay as far away as I can, and yet they tried to access 43 times. My next tactic is to spook them into thinking I moved to Europe and they risk serious revenue loss if they continue data collection w/o opting in. I will probably get a euro VPN once the law takes effect and see via dns if they still collect.
- chopin 9y ago
  I can access FB, but there I cannot find any page for that (I cannot login as I have no account). Searching doe not reveal anything.
jacobush 9y ago
Congrats. Now you just live next door to the nightmare.
- 411mrc 9y ago
  Yes, but I no longer feed it, and all this blocking speeds my internet substantially. I wonder how many people pay extra to subsidize their own tracking.
  - jacobush 9y ago
    you are right

glbrew 9y ago

There is a lot of information the download did not include. Another example I noticed is your "affinity" for each user. They obviously track how close you are with each friend but didn't include that.