Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt...
by dazc on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:23AM
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'So how hard do they work at linking up data from people who expressly don't want them to?'
I stopped using Facebook several years ago; I wasn't much a user anyway so never worried about it.
Then, last year, I installed whatsapp. Then I started getting emails about an old colleague's activity on facebook. I don't have any contact details for this person anywhere, especially on my phone. I'd forgotten he even existed.
OK, you can connect the dots since my email hasn't changed and that connects me to facebook, and so on.
Nonetheless, it just made me realise how hard you have to work to protect your privacy these days.
When I deleted my facebook account I couldn't know that one day I'd use another service and facebook would not only acquire that service but then start using it to hook me back in?
I stopped using Facebook several years ago; I wasn't much a user anyway so never worried about it.
Then, last year, I installed whatsapp. Then I started getting emails about an old colleague's activity on facebook. I don't have any contact details for this person anywhere, especially on my phone. I'd forgotten he even existed.
OK, you can connect the dots since my email hasn't changed and that connects me to facebook, and so on.
Nonetheless, it just made me realise how hard you have to work to protect your privacy these days.
When I deleted my facebook account I couldn't know that one day I'd use another service and facebook would not only acquire that service but then start using it to hook me back in?