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79SuperVert
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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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AND delete the FB app from my phone, but keep it on my laptop, to reduce or eliminate the "need" (addiction?) to checking the app multiple times a day.
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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Go into the app permissions and you'll see it has access to your contacts, pictures, location and much more.
The app is spyware.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Joined: January 01, 2007
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| Create a generic, no name account. Join your group. Delete your personal account. Never post anything personal or identifying on the generic account. |
then you'd need a throw away cell phone too...I think they want to text you the activation to FB.
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Glenn
Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| Glenn wrote: |
| Create a generic, no name account. Join your group. Delete your personal account. Never post anything personal or identifying on the generic account. |
then you'd need a throw away cell phone too...I think they want to text you the activation to FB. |
Personally I say SCREW FB.
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skills@eurocarsplus
Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:47 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| Glenn wrote: |
Personally I say SCREW FB. |
I would have to agree as well
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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scottyrocks
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Joined: August 19, 2016
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Location: Long Island, NY
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:23 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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Why not just unfriend and/or unfollow everything but the group(s) you want to see info from? Then, what little leak-through there would be from unwanted parties could easily be removed as they appear.
Yes, I too, am getting tired of the quagmire that is facebook.
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sb001
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Joined: May 19, 2011
Posts: 10406
Location: NW Arkansas
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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Facebook has been pretty good for finding shit on Marketplace. Also I have no personal photos uploaded and the "info" they are gleaning about you being discussed here is a bunch of sound and fury... unless you're planning something and are incredibly stupid about it.
That said, I hate facebook for the most part. Its interface is needlessly confusing and archaic. But I hate pretty much all social media anyway.
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iowegian
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Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:01 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| Glenn wrote: |
| Create a generic, no name account. Join your group. Delete your personal account. Never post anything personal or identifying on the generic account. |
then you'd need a throw away cell phone too...I think they want to text you the activation to FB. |
Have I ever mentioned--------------I sure miss my bagphone?  |
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photogdave
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| sb001 wrote: |
| Facebook has been pretty good for finding shit on Marketplace. |
People keep telling me that craigslist is dead and "everybody" uses Marketplace.
We decided to sell off bunch of stuff — antique furniture, sports gear, car parts etc.
I put the ads on craigslist, my wife put the same ads on FB. The opposite of what we expected happened...everything sold through craigslist and the FB people turned out to be the total flakes!
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| scottyrocks wrote: |
| Why not just unfriend and/or unfollow everything but the group(s) you want to see info from? Then, what little leak-through there would be from unwanted parties could easily be removed as they appear. |
Because it bothers me to have to keep playing Whack-A-Mole with advertisers and unwanted users to keep access to an app that really doesn't make my life more enjoyable or productive.
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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My daughter wants to discuss my withdrawal from FB. 
But I've already disabled the FB app on my smartphone. I feel better already. 
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Volks Wagen
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Joined: February 13, 2013
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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Facebook is designed for narcissists. And HR staff. And advertisers. This one time, in band camp, my manager told us we all had to have facebook accounts as part of some directive. I could not be bothered arguing with the fool about my right to privacy so I said 'oh right' and created some nonsense account and did absolutely nothing with it ever. I think the idea was to start networking and spamming, profiling ourselves and making ourselves available to the world by promoting our skills and company. Jesus, last thing I wanted to do was be associated with him or the company, let alone tell the world about it.
Follow, follow, like like. Wank wank is what it is. Made by wankers for wankers.
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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My second step in weaning myself from FB: I've deleted every post, comment, like, photo, video, tag, album and search from my account from one month ago going back to 2010. I've also removed all specific information from my profile. Previously I also had "unfriended" all but 19 people who are family or have some unusually special significance for me.
Took a few hours. If I comment or post anything, I plan to delete it in a few days. No point in leaving stuff on there longer: IMO it's indeed narcissistic to think someone other than yourself is going to be looking at your stuff months or years from now.
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Bobnotch
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Location: Kimball, Mi
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| 79SuperVert wrote: |
My second step in weaning myself from FB: I've deleted every post, comment, like, photo, video, tag, album and search from my account from one month ago going back to 2010. I've also removed all specific information from my profile. Previously I also had "unfriended" all but 19 people who are family or have some unusually special significance for me.
Took a few hours. If I comment or post anything, I plan to delete it in a few days. No point in leaving stuff on there longer: IMO it's indeed narcissistic to think someone other than yourself is going to be looking at your stuff months or years from now. |
I only do that here on the Samba, but it's usually when someone brings a build thread I have on here back from the dead. Or when I need a piece of info that I posted on something I did 5 years ago.
I don't do facebook, never have, never will. I don't have time for it. Plus I hate advertisements. If I'm looking for something specific, I'll look on e-bay for it. I already know where to buy VW parts, so that's not an issue.
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Chad1376
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Location: Henderson, Nevada
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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PBS - Frontline has a 2-part program on Facebook. There wasn't much there that I didn't already know or suspect, but it's a good "watch" that's relevant to all things internet.
https://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/
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| My second step in weaning myself from FB: I've deleted every post, comment, like, photo, video, tag, album and search from my account from one month ago going back to 2010. |
Fun fact - Facbook still has and uses all of you old stuff, even if you deleted it from your account.
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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Absolutely true. But once that data has been "deleted" by the user, I figure it has less value to FB's clients looking to buy that data, because the user no longer cares about it. FB only cares about my data if it can sell it to someone. Once I indicate I don't care about my data, FB can't ask as much of a price for it on the data market.
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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I deleted my account about 6 months ago.
I do miss some VW stuff that went with it but other than that, I dont miss a thing.
Now I waste time on youtube watching mustie1 and his "will it run" videos
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KTPhil
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EverettB
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:00 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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| So many get their "news" from facebook, and don't realizing how they are being manipulated for the profit of facebook. |
I've heard that too and thought it was weird, I never see news stuff when I bring up Facebook.
Maybe it's getting blocked by my ad blocker, I'm not turning that off for Facebook.
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awreed
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Delete your Facebook account |
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The Facebook/cambridge analytica thing shocked me at first, but only because I had my head in the sand. There is so much more crap to be concerned about, it should really make everyone's head spin- figuratively.
Cars today are drive by wire. It has been shown that they can be hacked and controlled remotely. Modern cars are also packed with so many sensors that automakers are actively pursuing ways to sell information on individuals driving habits.
Your phone already tracks your every movement, and possibly can listen to you when it's not even on.
Smart speakers can hear you when you're getting murdered in your own home.
Facial recognition is getting better. Walking outside your door will eventually get your every move tracked in high def video.
Doorbells have infrared motion sensor cameras in them tracking everything that drives, walks, crawls, or saunters by.
So many ways in which we are not truly private or anonymous anymore. Time to seriously get paranoid and cynical.
I've given in. Buy stock in FB |
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