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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?
      - mortenjorck 4y ago
        Because you told them while you were creating your Meta account, and because the credit card you entered matched what you told them.

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?
    - mortenjorck 4y ago
      Because you told them while you were creating your Meta account, and because the credit card you entered matched what you told them.