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More good reasons to never: a) Associate your phone number with your FB account. b) Download the FB app. The more you can keep Facebook sandboxed on your dev

More good reasons to never: a) Associate your phone number with your FB account. b) Download the FB app. The more you can keep Facebook sandboxed on your devices (and in your life) the better.

JaggedJax 14y ago
I've been using "Tinfoil for Facebook" on Android for this very reason. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco.fbwrapper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco...
bsg75 14y ago
c) Use FB
Ogre 14y ago
c) Associate your real email address with your FB account Facebook gets an email address I don't use anywhere else. No one has me listed in their contacts under the only email address facebook knows for me (well, I presume. It's not hard to guess the address I use for facebook if you know my real address, but there's no good reason anyone but facebook would use it). I've done that on general principle for more than a decade any time I have to give my email address to anyone other than an individual. This instance is the first time in a while where it's actually felt worthwhile. Originally I did it more for spam tracking. GMail's excellent spam filter fixed that problem for me years ago. But I never stopped doing it.
- reneherse 14y ago
  Indeed, I do the same. And I'll also add: d) Never associate your real name with your FB account. I use my first name plus a family name that matches my middle initial. It's generally recognizable and accepted by friends. When I first set up my account this way (items A through D) it did seem a little "tinfoilly", and this last measure still does to some extent. But since Facebook doesn't actually let you delete your account, I'd rather err on the side of prudence. It will be nice to at least approximate a hole in their databases if their policies ever get too onerous.
  - edoloughlin 14y ago
    I'll see your tinfoil and raise you. I've also poisoned their automatic facial recognition by tagging random faces as my own.
- petitmiam 14y ago
  I wish I could go back in time and do this.
marcuspovey 14y ago
If you use the FB app, it will associate your mobile phone number with your account (and make it publicly visible unless you change this default). Remove it, and then a few weeks/months later it'll magically appear. Basically, just don't use the app.
ams6110 14y ago
Here's what to do. Open /etc/hosts (or %WINDOWS%/system32/etc) and add the following lines: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net

More good reasons to never: a) Associate your phone number with your FB account. b) Download the FB app. The more you can keep Facebook sandboxed on your devices (and in your life) the better.

JaggedJax 14y ago

I've been using "Tinfoil for Facebook" on Android for this very reason. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco.fbwrapper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco...

bsg75 14y ago

c) Use FB

Ogre 14y ago

c) Associate your real email address with your FB account Facebook gets an email address I don't use anywhere else. No one has me listed in their contacts under the only email address facebook knows for me (well, I presume. It's not hard to guess the address I use for facebook if you know my real address, but there's no good reason anyone but facebook would use it). I've done that on general principle for more than a decade any time I have to give my email address to anyone other than an individual. This instance is the first time in a while where it's actually felt worthwhile. Originally I did it more for spam tracking. GMail's excellent spam filter fixed that problem for me years ago. But I never stopped doing it.

reneherse 14y ago
Indeed, I do the same. And I'll also add: d) Never associate your real name with your FB account. I use my first name plus a family name that matches my middle initial. It's generally recognizable and accepted by friends. When I first set up my account this way (items A through D) it did seem a little "tinfoilly", and this last measure still does to some extent. But since Facebook doesn't actually let you delete your account, I'd rather err on the side of prudence. It will be nice to at least approximate a hole in their databases if their policies ever get too onerous.
- edoloughlin 14y ago
  I'll see your tinfoil and raise you. I've also poisoned their automatic facial recognition by tagging random faces as my own.
petitmiam 14y ago
I wish I could go back in time and do this.

marcuspovey 14y ago

If you use the FB app, it will associate your mobile phone number with your account (and make it publicly visible unless you change this default). Remove it, and then a few weeks/months later it'll magically appear. Basically, just don't use the app.

ams6110 14y ago

Here's what to do. Open /etc/hosts (or %WINDOWS%/system32/etc) and add the following lines: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com 127.0.0.1 facebook.com 127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net 127.0.0.1 facebook.net 127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net 127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net