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The Facebook Breach Might Not Be What You’re Thinking How many Facebook user records were just breached? The answer might surprise you. Zero. That’s right, the 533 million records that were “scraped” off in the recent-headline-grabbing Facebook breach actually disappeared from their website in 2018 and 2019. Not 2021. It’s just that Facebook never told […]
WhatsApp Privacy: Facebook’s New “Data Use” Policy I have been getting a ton of questions on the privacy of your personal data that is sent through WhatsApp. Is Facebook, who owns WhatsApp, sharing everything you write, including all of your contacts, messages and behaviors? It’s not quite that simple, but neither is Facebook. Facebook announced […]
Data Scrooges regularly visit social media profiles to take advantage of our charity during the holidays. Give graciously, but not your identity.
Now, more than ever, I am being asked how to delete a Facebook account. It’s totally understandable given the massive amount of data that has been shared by and breached from the Facebook servers about our most personal information, including our political leanings, our buying behaviors, even the contents of our phone calls and text messages. Users are finally figuring out that their private information fuels Facebook’s profit model. Your data is Facebook’s inventory, to be traded and sold as they see fit. Deleting your Facebook account should be something that you spend a few minutes thinking about before you press the button. While you are doing a great deal to protect your privacy, there are consequences that you should think about.
One billion people worldwide use Facebook to share the details of their lives with their friends and may be unaware their Facebook Privacy could be compromised. Trouble is, they also might be unintentionally divulging matters they consider private to co-workers, clients and employers. Worse yet, they may be sharing their privacy with marketing companies and even scammers, competitors and identity thieves.
I’ve written A LOT about Facebook in the past. What not to post What not to like What not to click on How to keep your kids safe How to keep your data protected How to delete your account ETC! Search specific topics here. And personally, I’m ashamed of myself for knowing exactly how social […]
It took losing customers to get a significant update to Facebook privacy settings. Lesson: serve your customers well and they won’t leave as often.
It’s amazing how many people ask me at the end of a speech or TV interview, “How do I delete my Facebook account”. Here’s the right way to do it.
Unless you tell them not to, Facebook can share basically anything they want about you with everyone.
