'creepy' Spying Facebook

[naomi24]

Does this depth of intrusion concern Facebook users? It would worry me - which is why I don't use it.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1664178/here-are-the-alarming-98-facts-and-secrets-facebook-knows-about-you/

[Zacs-Master]

Scaremongering.
'For much of it, the answer is simple: because you told it.'

[Old_Geezer]

And, of course, it's now getting your What'sApp mobile number now so they can tie up more about you and pester you with ads.

[TheChair]

If you're on W10, and use all the default settings (login with an email address, use Edge, Bing, and Cortana, then Microsoft knows pretty much all the same stuff.

[naomi24]

//'For much of it, the answer is simple: because you told it.' //

I think that's true. Why people feel compelled to publish their personal life history on-line is beyond me.

[grasscarp]

I am old fashioned. I phone around all my friends to tell them what I had for lunch.

[agchristie]

Yes,I never use FB either.

I was going to say,you wouldn't broadcast your telephone conversations to all and sundry but there again the amount of mobile users who turn public places into private ones is a constant scourge.

[Zacs-Master]

Naomi, with nearly 50,000 answers on here, you've 'given away' quite a bit of personal info. If I were an advertising algorithm, I would deduce, from looking at only a few of your answers, that:
You drink champagne
You like railway art
You like olives
You holiday in France Canada, Cuba Mexico and Spain
You have / like pets
You like cheese
You study (are a bit obsessed with) religion
You're a Harry Potter fan
You're interested in UFOs & the paranormal
You're divorced and have remarried
You occasionally meet up with old school friends
You have a bread maker

[agchristie]

Naomi > Why people feel compelled to publish their personal life history on-line is beyond me.

Staggers me too.Talk about feeding the beast.It is also a tool for many to boast and cyber bully.

I'm sure it was Assange who said a few years back that 'FB,in particular,is the most appalling spying machine ever invented'.

However,users in most cases,create this environment with offloading their data with generous ladles...

[agchristie]

Zacs - LOL you are a few microchips short of a processor!!

You forgot to add that Naomi can recite the Bible and Koran backwards...

[pixie374]

It isn't just what you have told it. When I joined it was under Pixie Ab and a new email address. I didn't give my correct phone number or any other details and within seconds, the first few "suggested friends" were people I actually know. It could only have got that by going through my phone contacts.

[naomi24]

Zacs-Master, haha! (I'd hate to lead the data collectors astray so I'll say now that much of that has been misconstrued).

[naomi24]

agchristie at 09:03, indeed. ;o)

Pixie, I find that appalling!!

[Zacs-Master]

Exactly. If I 'like' something on Facebook which mentions a product or place it isn't necessarily because I like it, it's showing that I appreciate a friend has posted it. Sort of a 'glad to see you're enjoying yourself' thing.

[agchristie]

Another fact about Naomi is that she has a deadly aim with a custard pie at 27.2 metres....

[pixie374]

Yes- I can't think how else it could be and very regularly afterwards although they were always kept separate. I only had ABers on there.

[Zacs-Master]

Which could lead to her being bombarded with adverts to buy silent movies!

[naomi24]

Zacs-Master, I don't think the accuracy of the information they're gleaning is the issue, but rather the intrusion - as Pixie says into her list of phone contacts.

[naomi24]

agchristie at 09:07, haaa! Pud 'em up!!! :o)

[Zacs-Master]

There are settings to make them less intrusive. I get very few adverts.

[Zacs-Master]

I,doubt many Sun readers could find them tho.