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What about those of us that actually deleted Facebook after the scandal? How are we supposed to check if our data was shared with CA if Facebook requires you to
by devilmoon 8y ago
What about those of us that actually deleted Facebook after the scandal? How are we supposed to check if our data was shared with CA if Facebook requires you to be logged in to check?
- hshehehjdjdjd 8y agoIf Facebook purged your information, how could they verify your identity? They don’t want to provide the ability to check if an arbitrary person was leaked, because that has its own privacy issues. So in this context I wonder what you expect them to do.
- devilmoon 8y agoFacebook takes up to 90 days to purge my information from their systems (if ever, I am quite sure a ghost account will always remain and it will be a strong one as well since they've collected so much information on me throughout the years). They have my email address, they could just email everyone whose data was shared.
- notheguyouthink 8y agoDepends. Without knowing too many specifics here, I'd argue that if the account was deleted, Facebook should still hold onto basic info like username of the account that was shared with Cambridge. As far as I'm concerned, this is a legal matter now, and information about the parties that were affected are basically evidence. Clearly there needs to be some line drawn, like not permanently keeping an archival of all information shared with Cambridge, as that would potentially cause more harm than good. Yet, knowing how many people were affected, and being able to identify if you were one of them, seems a permanently useful thing. This of course is a bit idealist, I'm just answering the question on my idea of what should be done - not what will be done. Tbh, I'd rather see that data be held by some government entity and not FB at all, but I'm not sure who that would be, if they exist at all.
- cstrat 8y agoYeah I am interested, but deleted my account a few weeks ago :(
- aylmao 8y agoMy info wasn't leaked-- if it had been, I'm not sure if it would tell you how it was leaked (wether it was you who gave access to "This Is Your Digital Life" or a friend). If you're actually very curious, all I can think of is you could ask your friends if any of them had their info leaked, and if it was through themselves or a common friend. If you're friends with anyone who gave access to the app, you're part of the bunch.
- jonbarker 8y agoThey should still be able to email people even if they deleted. It's the least they could do.
- lostlogin 8y agoSimilarly, some of those that never signed up have got Facebook storing data on them. Facebook knows what I look like, my email, birthdate and that’s just what I know. Would be interesting to see what’s there.
- slackoverflower 8y agoI can understand Facebook knowing what you look like from pictures of you other people upload and your email from others connecting their Gmail address books. How will they know your birth date though? (FYI, they probably know your phone number and who you made phone calls to, when, and the durations for the last 5 years)
- wyclif 8y agoOne of the first pieces of info FB asks for is your DOB.
- LiquidFlux 8y agolostlogin mentioned he had never signed up to FB
- inlined 8y agoAm I the only one who puts friends' birthdays in their contact card? I assume birthdays come from the same phone number slurping.
- lostlogin 8y agoEvery year someone shares the fact its my birthday on Facebook. Combined with my physical address from peoples contacts I’m pretty sure there must be complete profiles on many non-users. Slackoverflower, would call duration come the app on Facebook users phones, and knowing who call were to and from?