Since 2010, Facebook allows you to download an archive file of all your interactions with the network. It’s a 5-click easy process that your grandmother can do (more details below).
Inside the .zip, lies an ‘index.html’ page that acts as a portal to your personal data. Visually, it looks like an ad-free stripped down version of Facebook that’s actually quite relaxing.
As I’m trying to reduce my exposure to social networks, I decided to take a look at this info. By extrapolating the data of a single individual (me), I might be able to better apprehend the capabilities of the beast. In the end, it all comes down to what is tracked and what can be deduced from that.
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WNU Editor: Just click here and follow the 3 steps. And wow .... I have been a member with Facebook since the beginning, and wow .... and they do have everything. It also puts this story into perspective .... Claim: Trump's Campaign Consultants Took Data From Millions Of Facebook Users.
Hat tip to Suzanne for this story.
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In the early days of Facebook, Zuckerberg observed of those willing to hand over so much personal data: "boy, are they dumb."
Mr Smith...does it matter?
THIS IS HOW GOP HARVESTED USERS DATA FROM FACEBOOK
End result the same
He got the ball and made touchdown and that is what matters
They follow like sheep but for those not running sgain
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