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Re:Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook shadow profiles by 45h34jh53k4j on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:48PM (#16814790)
Yes. Ive never used facebook in my life, yet thanks to someone sharing a picture of me 10 years ago, and tagging it, it knows my name and will auto tag me in others.
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Re:Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook shadow profiles by B1FF_PSUVM on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:09PM (#16815024)
And holding data about people who never consented to it should bite them hard.
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Re:Zuckerberg denies knowledge of Facebook shadow profiles by Springcleaning on Thursday April 12, 2018 @04:22PM (#16824607)
No way to remove your data is even worse. I cannot opt-out without making an account. I don't want to have a Facebook account.
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