Facebook is out of control!

[njchopper87]

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04...ersonalization

How to opt out of the info sharing supposedly.

Friday morning Facebook changed its privacy settings layout, making it a bit more challenging to opt out completely. As before, unchecking the "Allow" box is not sufficient because you need to block each Instant Personalization website to fully opt out. However, the previous path (via "Learn More") to the necessary Block Application buttons was removed, with Facebook suggesting instead you first go to the sites (at which point your information is disclosed), and then click "'No Thanks' on the blue Facebook notification on the top of partner sites." To fully opt out, you need to:

1. Go to the Instant Personalization privacy setting and uncheck the "Allow" button. Click confirm. Come back to this page.
2. Go to the page for Microsoft Docs, click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up. Come back to this page.
3. Go to the page for Pandora, click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up. Come back to this page.
4. Go to the page for Yelp , click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up. Come back to this page.
5. Optional: Go to the Facebook Site Governance page, and express your opinion in a comment.

[marko138]

Facebook is a habitual line stepper. I'm really close to shutting down my account as well. It just get annoying, them constantly trying to make my shit public.

[AquaPython]

[Homeslice]

Dude that's nasty.

[Cass]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

Is it even possible to "delete" a Facebook account? I saw the option to "de-activate" the account....but not to "delete" it.

More info on FB, including a link on deleting... The article is a little lengthy for posting but it makes good points. I snipped it to the 10 reasons (but included the entire listing for the deleting-account part), read the rest at your convenience.

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-re...account-2010-5

10. Facebook's Terms Of Service are completely one-sided.

9. Facebook's CEO has a documented history of unethical behavior.

8. Facebook has flat out declared war on privacy.

7. Facebook is pulling a classic bait-and-switch.

6. Facebook is a bully.

5. Even your private data is shared with applications.

4. Facebook is not technically competent enough to be trusted.

3. Facebook makes it incredibly difficult to truly delete your account. It's one thing to make data public or even mislead users about doing so; but where I really draw the line is that, once you decide you've had enough, it's pretty tricky to really delete your account. They make no promises about deleting your data and every application you've used may keep it as well. On top of that, account deletion is incredibly (and intentionally) confusing. When you go to your account settings, you're given an option to deactivate your account, which turns out not to be the same thing as deleting it. Deactivating means you can still be tagged in photos and be spammed by Facebook (you actually have to opt out of getting emails as part of the deactivation, an incredibly easy detail to overlook, since you think you're deleting your account). Finally, the moment you log back in, you're back like nothing ever happened! In fact, it's really not much different from not logging in for awhile. To actually delete your account, you have to find a link buried in the on-line help (by "buried" I mean it takes five clicks to get there). Or you can just click here. Basically, Facebook is trying to trick their users into allowing them to keep their data even after they've "deleted" their account.

2. Facebook doesn't (really) support the Open Web.

1. The Facebook application itself sucks.

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by Cass

More info on FB, including a link on deleting... The article is a little lengthy for posting but it makes good points. I snipped it to the 10 reasons (but included the entire listing for the deleting-account part), read the rest at your convenience.

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-re...account-2010-5

Quality bit of work, this.....thank you.

[azoomm]

The better idea is to update all the information on the account to bullshit. That is, rather than deactivate.