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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by brightball on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @03:45PM (#12257239)
I use the mobile web now instead of the phone app now. I realize it's probably paranoia but there have been far too many times when I've talked about something and a related ad magically appears in my news feed.

Hasn't been a problem since I deleted the app.

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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by leovander on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @03:52PM (#12257290)
Reminds of these ads.

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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by linkregister on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:59PM (#12257662)
I'm not sure if the option is there on iOS, but on Android N, you can revoke the Microphone permission. I use the web app on Chrome but relented on installing the Messenger application ever since they crammed using that on mobile users. Yes, I admit defeat.
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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by enobrev on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @04:44PM (#12257582)
Doing so has also saved me a considerable amount of battery. I delete the app before any travel to ensure battery drain isn't as much of an issue.
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