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>Facebook only knows what you tell it. Put up a profile, don't post too much or at all, don't download the app (use the mobile version), don't use facebook conn
by pilif 12y ago
>Facebook only knows what you tell it. Put up a profile, don't post too much or at all, don't download the app (use the mobile version), don't use facebook connect, and don't use any facebook apps.
And don't use any websites that use any of Facebooks third-party script embeds or use something like HTTPSwitchboard and make sure you never load anything from any present or future Facebook property.
Also don't use any services Facebook has bought or will ever buy (I personally got bitten by WhatsApp and Moves).
Sounds easy. Thanks for the advice.
- skizm 12y agoSarcasm aside, you're right. Facebook is now big enough that they can buy your info from other services. I suppose I would just recommend using a throw away email with facebook (one that won't match other services) and making sure you log out when you're done. I mean, if you check facebook semi-regularly there really isn't a need to get email notifications, but if you really want them, you can always forward them from your throwaway. I think that should be enough, right?
- awj 12y agoDoes it not sound ridiculous to you that we have to go to these length to prevent Facebook from having information we don't want them to have? The techniques that have been suggested are beyond the understanding, if not the capacity, of probably 90% of internet users. How are they to keep Facebook from knowing about them if they don't want it to?
- skizm 12y ago90% of internet users are willing to trade personal info for the use of facebook.
- aestra 12y agoAnd of course don't be friends with anyone who has you in their contacts then install the facebook mobile app.