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I'm positive they will still correlate activity from your Meta account with your FB. One possible point of this is to keep Meta users with access to their purch

I'm positive they will still correlate activity from your Meta account with your FB. One possible point of this is to keep Meta users with access to their purchased content while Facebook maintains their ability to block/restrict user access on the platform.

izzydata 4y ago
But I don't have a Facebook account so what is there to correlate?
- groovybits 4y ago
  Facebook indeed collects data on non-users https://www.howtogeek.com/768652/what-are-facebook-shadow-profiles-and-should-you-be-worried/ https://www.howtogeek.com/768652/what-are-facebook-shadow-pr...
  - mahastore 4y ago
    It is deeper than that. After I google for anything , I generally see advertisements in my Facebook app for the specific thing. There is certainly some invisible link between Goog and Febu.
    - kmeisthax 4y ago
      The word you're thinking of is remarketing.
- sstephant 4y ago
  None that you know of.
- suscialmadia 4y ago
  You may not have an account on Facebook, but Facebook has an account on you. It gets populated with data uploaded by other people, JavaScript widgets on random web pages that you visit, etc.
- fardo 4y ago
  Facebook maintains “shadow profile” accounts for people who have not personally made an account [1], the answer to your question is “whatever information your friends and family exposed on your behalf and which is linkable to you”. [1] https://medium.com/@SpiderOak/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-profile-of-you-that-you-never-created-302f99f20930 https://medium.com/@SpiderOak/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-pro...
  - ben_w 4y ago
    They did. I suspect that if they still do, there's going too be a really painful GDPR penalty heading their way.
    - wyre 4y ago
      Cost of doing business? Is GDPR protecting me as an American from Facebook shadow profiling me? How significant are GDPR fines?
      - notimetorelax 4y ago
        In theory 4% from yearly revenue (not earnings, revenue), in practice I haven’t seen it being applied.
        digitalengineer 4y ago
        Here you go. Click your country's flag to see your results https://www.enforcementtracker.com https://www.enforcementtracker.com (if you're European, that is).
    - namlem 4y ago
      They can still do it to non-Europeans
      - marginalia_nu 4y ago
        How can they tell how an email address is European?
janoc 4y ago
I think the reason is more prosaic. Oculus Quest is a complete nonstarter in business for many companies because Facebook-anything is simply a no-go. And they need to penetrate into this market because that's where the money is, not in subsidized headset retail. Now whether someone will buy this "no need for Facebook anymore but not really" shtick is another story.
- yayr 4y ago
  with that reasoning they would need to allow Google or MS AD accounts.
tmp_anon_22 4y ago
All Facebook needs is data that they can tie to a phone number or primary email. Geolocation and first name would be enough for that. I think the real reason for requiring Facebook accounts was just padding user numbers and events for a quarterly report (likely for somebody's bonus to land).

izzydata 4y ago

But I don't have a Facebook account so what is there to correlate?

groovybits 4y ago
Facebook indeed collects data on non-users https://www.howtogeek.com/768652/what-are-facebook-shadow-profiles-and-should-you-be-worried/ https://www.howtogeek.com/768652/what-are-facebook-shadow-pr...
- mahastore 4y ago
  It is deeper than that. After I google for anything , I generally see advertisements in my Facebook app for the specific thing. There is certainly some invisible link between Goog and Febu.
  - kmeisthax 4y ago
    The word you're thinking of is remarketing.
sstephant 4y ago
None that you know of.
suscialmadia 4y ago
You may not have an account on Facebook, but Facebook has an account on you. It gets populated with data uploaded by other people, JavaScript widgets on random web pages that you visit, etc.
fardo 4y ago
Facebook maintains “shadow profile” accounts for people who have not personally made an account [1], the answer to your question is “whatever information your friends and family exposed on your behalf and which is linkable to you”. [1] https://medium.com/@SpiderOak/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-profile-of-you-that-you-never-created-302f99f20930 https://medium.com/@SpiderOak/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-pro...
- ben_w 4y ago
  They did. I suspect that if they still do, there's going too be a really painful GDPR penalty heading their way.
  - wyre 4y ago
    Cost of doing business? Is GDPR protecting me as an American from Facebook shadow profiling me? How significant are GDPR fines?
    - notimetorelax 4y ago
      In theory 4% from yearly revenue (not earnings, revenue), in practice I haven’t seen it being applied.
      - digitalengineer 4y ago
        Here you go. Click your country's flag to see your results https://www.enforcementtracker.com https://www.enforcementtracker.com (if you're European, that is).
  - namlem 4y ago
    They can still do it to non-Europeans
    - marginalia_nu 4y ago
      How can they tell how an email address is European?

janoc 4y ago

I think the reason is more prosaic. Oculus Quest is a complete nonstarter in business for many companies because Facebook-anything is simply a no-go. And they need to penetrate into this market because that's where the money is, not in subsidized headset retail. Now whether someone will buy this "no need for Facebook anymore but not really" shtick is another story.

yayr 4y ago
with that reasoning they would need to allow Google or MS AD accounts.

tmp_anon_22 4y ago

All Facebook needs is data that they can tie to a phone number or primary email. Geolocation and first name would be enough for that. I think the real reason for requiring Facebook accounts was just padding user numbers and events for a quarterly report (likely for somebody's bonus to land).