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I changed a setting a decade ago to make myself less valuable to Facebook and that was close my account.

bestouff 2y ago
Unfortunately it's not sufficient. Facebook tracks you from bits of js embedded in many (you have no idea) pages you visit nowadays.
- aqueueaqueue 2y ago
  Yeah you remind me to change my dns on all devices :) definitely cat and mouse
  - KaiserPro 2y ago
    meta is really hard to block effectivly. I once tried to block the app from running on my home network, as an experiment. Blocking the DNS didn't work, and even when I blackholed the various ASNs to make the route not work, I still managed to get the app to work.
    - aqueueaqueue 2y ago
      I mean block trackers added on other sites bundles that need to download js to do anything.
      - KaiserPro 2y ago
        Yeah you can stop the JS from loading if you have an well maintained plugin that specialises in it (or no-script that nukes all JS from orbit) but trying to stop Instgram/facebook apps connecting is a whole another level of difficulty.
- dylan604 2y ago
  Only if you're letting it run on your machine. You don't have to allow it. You being the royal you here
  - pwdisswordfishz 2y ago
    The royal "you" is "Your Majesty".
chii 2y ago
closing an account is a datapoint. What i do is completely ignore facebook, and the rest of their properties (including whatsapp now). ublock origin to block out the social media links/badges, and make sure to never visit facebook site directly. Hopefully, what this means is that my "account" and whatever they identify as me, looks like an inactive user with zero potential to be advertised to.
- raaron773 2y ago
  I remember in 2012-13 facebook didnt even have a delete account option only deactivate. I dug deep enough to stumble across a facebook delete link in their community support or something. I made sure to change all my details and then i used that link to delete my account. Used my friends account to verify if it was actually deleted or not. Never visited facebook since. Its great!
Kostchei 2y ago
<this is the way>

Unfortunately it's not sufficient. Facebook tracks you from bits of js embedded in many (you have no idea) pages you visit nowadays.

aqueueaqueue 2y ago
Yeah you remind me to change my dns on all devices :) definitely cat and mouse
- KaiserPro 2y ago
  meta is really hard to block effectivly. I once tried to block the app from running on my home network, as an experiment. Blocking the DNS didn't work, and even when I blackholed the various ASNs to make the route not work, I still managed to get the app to work.
  - aqueueaqueue 2y ago
    I mean block trackers added on other sites bundles that need to download js to do anything.
    - KaiserPro 2y ago
      Yeah you can stop the JS from loading if you have an well maintained plugin that specialises in it (or no-script that nukes all JS from orbit) but trying to stop Instgram/facebook apps connecting is a whole another level of difficulty.
dylan604 2y ago
Only if you're letting it run on your machine. You don't have to allow it. You being the royal you here
- pwdisswordfishz 2y ago
  The royal "you" is "Your Majesty".

chii 2y ago

closing an account is a datapoint. What i do is completely ignore facebook, and the rest of their properties (including whatsapp now). ublock origin to block out the social media links/badges, and make sure to never visit facebook site directly. Hopefully, what this means is that my "account" and whatever they identify as me, looks like an inactive user with zero potential to be advertised to.

raaron773 2y ago
I remember in 2012-13 facebook didnt even have a delete account option only deactivate. I dug deep enough to stumble across a facebook delete link in their community support or something. I made sure to change all my details and then i used that link to delete my account. Used my friends account to verify if it was actually deleted or not. Never visited facebook since. Its great!

Kostchei 2y ago