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Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are deactivated

submitted by karlzt+(OP) on 2022-01-06 00:19:39 | 366 points 127 comments
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5. gurchi+t6[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-01-06 01:05:41
>>metada+W4
https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/

Facebook claims that the data they have on people cannot be understood by the average person, and because the GDPR requirements state that data needs to be given in an easily understood format, giving this data would violate the law. So they refuse to give it.

This was after months of simply ignoring the requests.

Seriously.

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23. propog+Ka[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-01-06 01:36:36
>>gurchi+t6
There was a negative connotation associated with the FB brand, which caused people to leave, so they rebranded and it's like they have a clean slate. [1] They now seem to be on a hiring spree again to get more people to build a bigger surveillance empire using heavy stock comp. Stock growth is dependent on their ability to keep the masses pacified while hoarding more data and targeting better.

From the Facebook SDK that is embedded on nearly every app that's constantly phoning home, to the largest social media apps, they hoard so much data. If GDPR doesn't unfaze them, I don't know what regulation will.

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-employees-are-more-...

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37. saddle+od[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-01-06 01:55:42
>>allear+32
Facebook does not maintain "accounts" on non-users in a meaningful way and they have stated this multiple times to multiple regulators [1]. An email campaign being sent to an intersection of a bunch of users's contacts is not evidence of "phantom accounts".

[1] https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/06/fina...

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48. schapp+ef[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-01-06 02:09:33
>>bpodgu+0d
>> The CCP is taking a hardline with companies domestically. There's a huge push to stop corrupting the youth, treat data responsibly, etc.

Exactly, w/ 72% of their users being domestic[1], TikTok's biggest short term threat is probably the CCP.

>> The CCP gives 0 shits what those companies do to the rest of the world, and are probably thrilled if TikTok causes political and social chaos in the US.

You're not wrong.

[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/25867/percentage-of-tiktok-us...

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80. politi+BC[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-01-06 05:09:48
>>JKCalh+Ww
The jig is up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI

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113. seesaw+7S1[view] [source] 2022-01-06 15:14:34
>>karlzt+(OP)
This [0] talk from Computer Chaos Club also points out how all applications that use Facebook as authentication option (or even without it) MUST send user data to Facebook Inc. This of course doesn't require a user to have a facebook account.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0vlD7r-kTc

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