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Except that's not really what happens with Facebook. I deleted my account there ages ago, and discovered later when checking haveibeenpwned.com that the email a

Except that's not really what happens with Facebook. I deleted my account there ages ago, and discovered later when checking haveibeenpwned.com that the email address I used there was part of a data dump from Facebook. So, do I believe that FB really delete your data when you request to permanently delete it? Nope, not in the slightest.

saddlerustle 5y ago
The last published DPC audit found that it does [1]. There's really no reason to subject themselves to huge fines and lie about it, a very small fraction of facebook users delete anything. The "data dump" you're referring to was probably scraped from public facebook pages before you deleted the account. There has never to my knowledge been a case of private data becoming public that was exfiltrated from facebook proper. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20171218060100/https://www.datap https://web.archive.org/web/20171218060100/https://www.datap...
- wesnerm2 5y ago
  I know of two instances: 1) Facebook had a "View as" bug that allowed anyone to view anyone else's private page as that person. 2) Cambridge Analytica in which Facebook shared private information with third-parties under an NDA.
  - NackerHughes 5y ago
    As I recall, the 'View As' was a feature, allowing you to see your own profile and posts as would be seen by another person, so you could make sure your post privacy/visibility settings were set up the way you wanted. I used the feature quite often and was quite annoyed when they disappeared it one day. Do you have more info on this?
    - SturgeonsLaw 5y ago
      Here's some info on the View As bug posted by Facebook: https://about.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/ https://about.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/
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