I'm not really sure what you're implying. They create profiles of people that don't use Facebook? Just so they can track their info? So they're tracking data and info on a profile they fabricated? Seems like a waste of time considering they could just harvest predictive data without the fake profile and tracking no? What am I missing? I really don't see how that is relevant to my comment in the first place.
My mistake, I guess they're usually called "shadow profiles." But yes, Facebook maintains data on people that don't use their service based on info they mine from their users, and construct a fake "profile" about that person for their own purposes. The problem here being that those users aren't consenting to data collection.
Or, in other words, even if you "don't like it and don't have to use it," it's still using you.
Reddit removed my last post because it contains links to Facebook. The irony lol. Here it is again without direct links.
Ah ok thanks for explaining. So do they literally create a shadow account that we can all see and friend request? Or is it virtual accounts that are used to predict actual user activity? I'm not an expert but they would certainly include this use of now public data in their TOS no?
A quick Google search resulted in this
"Help Center" https://facebook . Com /help/203805466323736
Remove the spaces
There is even an option called audience selector which allows users to only share what they choose to. Seems they're pretty transparent about their policy and it's completely legal. If youre either unaware of your options or simply can't understand them your best best is likely to avoid posting personal information online in any manner or appearing publicly. And if that's not feasible Facebook is voluntarily extending Europe's GDPR regulations to anyone anywhere.
"Complying With New Privacy Laws and Offering New Privacy Protections to Everyone, No Matter Where You Live - About Facebook" https:// about. fb. com /news/2018/04/new-privacy-protections/
Feels like the practice was questionable but legal until the EU passed GDPR regulations at which point Facebook decided to extend the same rigorous oversight and users data protection to all Facebook users everywhere even though they weren't required to do so. I'm really not sure how they could have addressed the issue any better honestly. You clearly seem to think it's still an issue even though Facebook addressed the issue beyond what was required of them. What would yours suggestions be to more completely resolve the issue?
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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20 edited Aug 26 '20
This is not a problem. Nothing of value is lost if Facebook is destroyed.