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Have you tried running an anonymous Facebook account in the past decade? Facebook lets you use it for a few weeks (or months), then suddenly refuses to let you
by wizzwizz4 3y ago
Have you tried running an anonymous Facebook account in the past decade? Facebook lets you use it for a few weeks (or months), then suddenly refuses to let you in unless you provide identifying information that it never asked for before, and refuses to give you your data back until you “verify it's you” (might be quoting Google or Microsoft there, but Facebook has similar wording) even though they have no records with which to compare it to, so that can't possibly be a valid justification.
- prmoustache 3y agoI deleted my account only last year and for more than one decade I was using a generated icelandic name.
- wizzwizz4 3y agoIf your name meets Facebook's “real name” standards, it's not like Facebook is going to hunt down your birth records and see whether it Really Is your Actual Real Name™ (not that that's even a particularly coherent concept…). Did you manage to keep your account anonymous from Facebook – that is, not linked to any of your other identifiers?
- yard2010 3y agoDon't be so sure, these pricks are all over the place with their spying agency.
- prmoustache 3y agoWell I have been using firefox containers and adblocks but containers only appeared fairly recently and I couldn't use them on mobile so completely separate I don't think so. My FB account was only linked to my instagram account (also delete now) but under a pseudonym. I prefer talking about pseudonymity rather than anonymity because you are very rarely truly anonymous on the internet, even using a non nominative handle, especially if law enforcement enter the chat.