Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #15 on: January 19, 2018, 02:01:40 PM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: Ash on January 19, 2018, 01:58:36 PM The main threat to your privacy on Facebook is Facebook itself, not people you meet there... Exactly, which is why I won't go anywhere near it. I looked at the sign-on page once, several years ago, but decided against joining. For years afterwards, I got endless spam emails telling me of "friends" (most of whom I'd never heard of) were on it. I never did find out how they got my email address, I certainly never gave it to them.
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #16 on: January 19, 2018, 03:07:45 PM » Author: BT25
Quote from: Miss Cuddly on January 19, 2018, 07:23:17 AM I won't touch any of the 'social media' platforms with a ten foot barge pole. They are all far to intrusive for my liking. Totally agree. I have so far found no use for it, and when one hears about how they monetize it and snoop on their users, (Google does this too) I want to keep away from it as far as possible. (Just watched "The Circle"...this is when social media goes way to far.)
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #17 on: January 19, 2018, 03:10:19 PM » Author: BT25
Quote from: Ash on January 19, 2018, 01:58:36 PM The main threat to your privacy on Facebook is Facebook itself, not people you meet there... Preach it!
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #18 on: January 19, 2018, 03:13:12 PM » Author: Rommie
Unfortunately, there's not a lot most of us can do to get away from Google, it's even more pervasive. Although I've found the email system to be the best at filtering out spam, and with a decent ad-blocker on the system it's usable. If anyone wants a reasonably good search engine that doesn't track you, https://duckduckgo.com is worth a look.
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #20 on: January 19, 2018, 03:59:07 PM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: Ash on January 19, 2018, 03:53:45 PM So far i am happy with mail.ru mail It is the biggest internet company in Russia, operating 2 of their most common social networks VK and Odnoklassniki. But so far they appear to be very respectable of privacy : They dont pull anything related to their social networks into the email service, and they dont ask for your phone - a thing all other big companies do, sometimes with dirty tricks (as i posted in the other discussion about Microsoft) The only disadvantage for most users here is that it's in Russian.. That might be just a slight disadvantage to a lot of people  Although a guy I used to know where I lived before I moved here once had a Russian girlfriend. He set about teaching himself Russian so he could talk to her in her own language. Fair play to him, after less than a year he was fluent and went on holidays there with her. I've always been terrible with languages, I know bits of French and German, but not really enough to be useful. My problem is, I don't have the patience
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #21 on: January 19, 2018, 04:24:36 PM » Author: AngryHorse
I don`t trust Facebook either, didn`t tech nerd, NWO illuminate Zuckerberg sell part of it off to the CIA? , to coin a phrase I have heard used in the US before, "if your on Facebook, their in your (...) every hour of every day"
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #22 on: January 19, 2018, 06:48:25 PM » Author: F96T12 DD VHO
My FB gets hacked same with my gfs and this is all the time and i choose passwords like this (not a real passcode i used) 1214131516@afsd
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #23 on: January 19, 2018, 06:59:45 PM » Author: FGS
To everyone paranoid about FB and other social media. Worried about privacy? Don't post stuff you don't want anyone to know. Post the stuff you'll normally tell your friends and family. Adjust who can see it to friends and family only. New World Order?!?!? Like I'm gonna buy that? CIA has bigger fish to spy on than what you ate for breakfast or that new bulb you bought. So I'm not worried about them. I even have Amazon Dot. Yes that Alexa spy. I bug my friends about her spying on you. (They don't believe she does it.)
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #24 on: January 19, 2018, 07:00:20 PM » Author: lightinglover8902
Thats why I don't use it, because they always spy on you 24/7.
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #25 on: January 19, 2018, 07:35:25 PM » Author: FGS
Quote from: lightinglover8902 on January 19, 2018, 07:00:20 PM Thats why I don't use it, because they always spy on you 24/7.   What? Alexa or FB? Alexa you simply unplug her. Can't spy if she has no electricity to work.
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #26 on: January 20, 2018, 12:33:49 AM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Eh Facebook is fine... Alexia is pushing it IMO... Screw that.. Plus any tech that actually talks to me disturbs me in general... I'm not havin' it.
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #27 on: January 20, 2018, 03:13:57 AM » Author: CEB1993
I usually feel safe on Facebook and I know what to do if there’s anything sketchy, such as “fake” looking people sending me friend requests, or invites to play games. I just ignore those. There is some information that I know better than to share, especially with people who tend to show up from out of nowhere. The biggest thing I worry about with social media is GPS tracking.  I don’t like feeling like I can be tracked by someone I do not know.  I know that weather apps require your current location anywhere in the world, but I use the setting that only allows that if the app is open. I never “check in” on Facebook.  It freaks me out if my phone in my pocket can be used as a GPS device for some hacker.
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	Re: Who is on Facebook « Reply #29 on: January 20, 2018, 06:30:23 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: HomeBrewLamps on January 20, 2018, 12:33:49 AM Eh Facebook is fine... Alexia is pushing it IMO... Screw that.. Plus any tech that actually talks to me disturbs me in general... I'm not havin' it. I ain't 'aving it, where's me 'ammer..?
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