Facebook Is Really Scary - 98 (at least) Things They Keep On Users

[b23hqb]

I have a Facebook page - only because my kids insisted I start one about 10 years ago. I have never liked it, and always get on my wife about all the stuff she posts (pictures, events, etc.) on her page. This article really gives me the creeps, as it should everyone who participates in social media like FB:

http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/entertainment/news/a45496/facebook-information-about-users-scary/

That's just the data they admit to gathering and holding. Just imagine what else FB or others know and have the potential to abuse.

 

[vraiblonde]

So what? Why is any of that important top secret information?

 

[GURPS]

40. Users who bought auto parts or accessories recently
41. Users who are likely to need auto parts or services
42. Style and brand of car you drive
43. Year car was bought
44. Age of car
45. How much money user is likely to spend on next car
46. Where user is likely to buy next car



most any of these make sense if you are bitching or bragging about your car on Facebook

I'm sure there is some Advertising Algorithm that says - if car is 4-5 yrs old 100k miles send car adds of this Model or Type based on posts about cars / trucks / suvs - unless statement was made I'm never buying X model / manufacturer again



a cabin in the Florida Mountains with no internet connection is looking good about now

 

[vraiblonde]

a cabin in the Florida Mountains with no internet connection is looking good about now

You know you can have no internet connection anywhere, right? You don't have to move to the mountains.

 

[RoseRed]

Florida has mountains?

 

[vraiblonde]

Florida has mountains?

I did the same thing for a second.

The Florida Mountains are in New Mexico.

 

[b23hqb]

Florida has mountains?

Heck, yeah! Mount Dora, Howey-in-the-Hills, Laurel Hill, Why, we even have Sugarloaf Mountain @ 312 feet. Anything over 50 feet in elevation is considered nose bleed. Still hard to find a good ski area, though......

 

[GURPS]

Florida has mountains?

I did the same thing for a second.

The Florida Mountains are in New Mexico.

nope I did that intentionally [facebook is tracking me]

 

[RoseRed]

I did the same thing for a second.

The Florida Mountains are in New Mexico.

Heck, yeah! Mount Dora, Howey-in-the-Hills, Laurel Hill, Why, we even have Sugarloaf Mountain @ 312 feet. Anything over 50 feet in elevation is considered nose bleed. Still hard to find a good ski area, though......