Facebook has just released a tool that lets you turn off some third-party tracking. But changing the new setting requires 9 different clicks, in a corner of the site that most users will never see.
— EFF (@EFF) January 29, 2020
Here’s how to go turn it off now. (1/6) https://t.co/UBhJTSUWXi
Yikes.Just deleted FB's Off-Facebook activity tracker after checking out the plethora of apps I use that share info with it.This story tells you what to do. Facebook will now show you exactly how it stalks you — even when you’re not using Facebook https://t.co/C4HTLug7xj
— Donna Chisholm (@Donna_Chisholm) January 28, 2020
Facebook is really innovating in the space of new but fake privacy featureshttps://t.co/12AoEkchcC
— Ashwin Rodrigues (@shwinyo) January 29, 2020
Facebook’s new “Off-Facebook Activity” tracker will show its users what data it gathers from partnering websites, apps, and stores. The @washingtonpost concludes, “You might be shocked or at least a little embarrassed by what you find in there."https://t.co/hQyquN0xWS
— PEN America (@PENamerica) January 28, 2020
We're happy to see Facebook taking this step toward transparency and user control, and hope other companies follow suit.
— EFF (@EFF) January 29, 2020
But the burden shouldn't be on users to manage ever-changing privacy settings. Real change will require stronger data privacy laws. https://t.co/qDC8ysrsjY
"This unfathomable bounty of information will likely give plenty of Facebook users a cold, edifying shock—if they can find it. But it is not a service, really," @kait_tiffany writes in @theatlantic https://t.co/O2zqTXLd6Z
— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) January 28, 2020
Libraries: don’t send patron data to Facebook. If you have FB share icons on your site, root them out. Spyware does not belong on our sites!!! https://t.co/UeN2U9RoZJ pic.twitter.com/uMnrmdSBJB
— Barbara no more wars forever (@bfister) January 29, 2020
The obsolescence of “notice & consent” as privacy control: “Confronted by 1000s of bullet points about the past 180 days of my life, I find the collection impossible to derive meaning from. I’m flattened by its completeness; I’m galled by its omissions.”https://t.co/WDVCy3gaoI
— Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) January 29, 2020
This, from @Kaitlyn_tiffany, is fascinating: https://t.co/2pBLqP5kgd
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) January 29, 2020
facebook let me see all 685 times i opened tinder in the last 6 months, by giving me a ZIP folder full of HTML files with only numbers for names https://t.co/qiksepHe2N
— Kaitlyn Tiffany (@kait_tiffany) January 28, 2020
Have you ever looked at your Off-Facebook Activity??https://t.co/0MVerup6pp
— Shantha Mohan, Ph.D. (@ShanthaRMohan) January 29, 2020
cc @tom_peters @dorait
I freaked out when I saw what sites were telling Facebook about me https://t.co/vEpLeirDOm
— Valerian Saliou (@valeriansaliou) January 29, 2020
Starting the Decade by Giving You More Control Over Your Privacy - About Facebook https://t.co/mkWF6Cemu5
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) January 29, 2020
페이스북 개인 정보 삭제, 설정하는 메뉴 생기는데 15년이 걸렸군요. 근데 삭제가 제대로 되긴할지 의문이군요
We’re sending reminders to nearly 2 billion people to review their privacy settings on @facebook. Also, now everyone can manage their info off FB using our new OFA tool. More here: https://t.co/VpWaQ9N8UH #DataPrivacyDay
— Rob Sherman (@rmsherman) January 28, 2020
Zuckerberg on #DataPrivacyDay announces users will be able to clear their off-site activity Facebook receives from other businesses https://t.co/kbZnKplN3p pic.twitter.com/DAqeSDaxy6
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) January 28, 2020
Happy Data Privacy Day! The holiday they knew you always wanted since they have access to all your data https://t.co/JXDE3reUga
— Josh Elman (@joshelman) January 28, 2020
"Starting the Decade by Giving You More Control Over Your Privacy" https://t.co/ALFjmDArS7
— ?Nariman (@NarimanGharib) January 28, 2020
Starting today, Facebook is introducing their new ‘Off-Facebook Activity tool’.
— Chris Mikulin™ (@cmikulin) January 28, 2020
It gives you the ability to see what information businesses are sharing with Facebook and clear it from your account if you want to. https://t.co/AxoX705d8r
28th Jan | Happy #DataPrivacyDay
— Ssuna Ronald (@OfficialSsuna) January 28, 2020
Days like these citizens need to voice out their rights to personal info that govts & institutions have continuously mismanaged. @Facebook is more focused, when it comes to protection of users data ? https://t.co/iBdbyvV8oo
Facebook is rolling out new privacy controls https://t.co/Q3QEyA1JoV
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 28, 2020
Why your free software is far from free https://t.co/Rb1GNWQLpk
— Recode (@Recode) January 29, 2020
Why your free software is far from free https://t.co/OCIs6gayyB
— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 29, 2020
Important advisory: #Facebook's new "Clear History" button doesn't clear shit. Here's a reasonably plain-English explanation: https://t.co/QBIAQl4SxX #privacy #fail
— Kagan MacTane (@kmactane) January 29, 2020
Facebook states they 'receive more details and activity than what appears here', for example, 'information we've received when you're not logged into Facebook'.
— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) January 29, 2020
And, of course, the 'clear history' tool doesn't actually remove all the data collected: https://t.co/Le0cSU3XEK
this breakdown of fb's new "clear history" tool took two editors, multiple hours and reams of adtech know-how to explain
— sh⚤shana w⚤dinsky (@swodinsky) January 28, 2020
"clear" my ass https://t.co/dNwQlLwvgL
Welp... ??♀️ RT @Gizmodo: Facebook’s ‘Clear History’ tool doesn’t clear shit https://t.co/0QQgS8g7rT #tech #privacy
— Stephanie Humphrey (@TechLifeSteph) January 29, 2020
Do yourself a favor - get off @Facebook
— Wildkat Photography (@wildkatphoto) January 29, 2020
I scalled back my activity in 2009 and left for good in 2011 and I couldnt be happier. https://t.co/LVgwGZKc4t
Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit - https://t.co/mO22mGiUmm
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) January 29, 2020
페이스북 히스토리 삭제 기능 실제로는 히스토리 삭제하지 않고 페이스북과 타사 연결만 제거하는 것이였군요. 역시 사용자 기만의 페이스북 답군요
Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit https://t.co/KwSaZNmxQg
— Alan W. Silberberg (@IdeaGov) January 28, 2020
Off-Facebook Activity Is Too Confusing to Be Useful - The Atlantic
— PrivacyDigest (@PrivacyDigest) January 29, 2020
Assume that every website you visit tattles on you to the social-media behemoth. https://t.co/k45lVdnG0W
If you haven't checked out Facebook's new privacy tool, you might want to sit down before you check what FB has been tracking from your online activity - https://t.co/t2DtnGQZd7
— Becky Yoose (@yo_bj) January 29, 2020
After quitting Facebook in 2017, @thesullivan rejoined a few months ago under an assumed name and has used it for a grand total of an hour. That hasn't stopped Facebook from getting information about him from 309 apps and websites. https://t.co/3RZBbMjdES
— Katharine Schwab (@kschwabable) January 29, 2020
?Facebook News ?
— Socialbakers (@socialbakers) January 30, 2020
ICYMI: ?"One of our main goals for the next decade is to build much stronger privacy protections for everyone on Facebook." - - #Facebook
More here: ?https://t.co/rDmYIBFvTe#SocialMedia #News pic.twitter.com/yNZKNdrOGj
Facebook, Google and the true cost of free software - Vox https://t.co/RINuUX7g6D
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) January 30, 2020
This speaks to those 3rd party apps used on Twitter which everyone is under the illusion is free. You're paying one way or another.
— ?????1??? AKA "Smalls" (@small1ldy1) January 30, 2020
Why your free software is never free https://t.co/vWIoXjVjsa via @voxdotcom
Facebook tracks your web and app activity, here’s how to disable Off-Facebook Activity #Facebook #tracking #privacy #thirdpartytrackinghttps://t.co/ZggUfbVpNU pic.twitter.com/d5EQ0Qfzwm
— Jason Bouwmeester (@JustAnotherJay) January 29, 2020
Tracking outside user expectations is a critical concern also: Point @aainfopro to this piece out yesterday Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit https://t.co/K2REvK32tC via @gizmodo
— Michelle Manafy (@michellemanafy) January 29, 2020
There’s no privacy on Facebook, just the illusion of privacy https://t.co/VqXqagszqg
— Matt Southern (@mattgsouthern) January 29, 2020
?? Only deepens my skepticism of Data Privacy Day ?? https://t.co/cYax7ZqHkT by @swodinsky
— Benjamin Powers (@benjaminopowers) January 29, 2020