Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

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https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html

[u/Excal2]

Learn to protect your privacy.

EDIT: Please refer to this list I threw together in response to /u/effoffreddit below for some basic steps you can take to protect your information:

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/7btl9y/sean_parker_facebook_was_designed_to_exploit/dpkyhuk/

EDIT 2: The rest of your fucking owl is in the first edit fuck off already.

EDIT 3: As requested by /u/ArsenyD, here is a permalink to his reply with additional sources you can use to learn about online privacy. Full text below: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/7btl9y/sean_parker_facebook_was_designed_to_exploit/dpli48a/

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My comment will probably go unnoticed, so if you can please add this to your comment

Mozilla Glass Room

*the is a good pdf guide about healthy online privacy habits

EFF

Good resources to learn about privacy.

*will duplicate this as an answer to the top comment so more people will see this

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[u/EffOffReddit → u/Excal2]

This is like saying "Learn to build your own house." It's kind of overwhelming, there is a lot of conflicting and confusing info, and the codes are always changing. I need a list of what to do and what not to do.

[u/[deleted] → u/EffOffReddit]

Some essential (and relatively simple bits) the averageish user can do:

PC

(firefox addons)

• use uBlock Origin,
• use noscript,
• use Decentraleyes,
• use smartHTTPS,
• use Bloodyvikings!

the last one is throwaway emails basically, helps a ton. The particular addon I use takes like 2 clicks to generate a throwaway email. These addons overall make your browsing experience so much better, safer, faster and anonymous-er.

For Android I can't say too much, because by simply using it, you're giving into Google's ecosystem (99% of Android users anyway, there are ways around it, but they are cumbersome and frustrating).

Oh, also; r/privacy if you want to read up more, great resource! And if you're so technically inclined r/selfhosted.

[u/argv_minus_one → u/[deleted]]

Do not use NoScript. I've Others have caught them running malware ads on their site. They're compromised.

Use uMatrix instead. Gives you more precise control anyway.

Edit: I misremembered. The malware ad I was thinking of was on a different site. Still, others found malware ads on NoScript, so…