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Originally Posted by DAEMANO
Making more Facebook accounts doesn't help resolve the problem of FB itself. Matter of fact, it does just the opposite. Many folks have come to understanding after using some critical thought as to why all FB's services are offered to them for "free". The billion dollar infrastructure FB has invested in must (by definition) result in a profitable product to sell and that is you. FB's active measures mitigate the (sarcasm incoming) very clever and not thought of tactic of opening a phony account by functioning outside of your active participation after you have agreed to their ToS.
How? FB identifies your computer or phone's specific hardware, assigns it a key, geolocates it and then installs damn near undeletable software that allows them to know your browsing history, location, keystrokes (whether "submitted" or not), and heat maps your mousing actions whether you've clicked or not. All this happens upon sign up regardless of you giving them phony credentials or even logging into that account ever again.
And how do they do that? By triangulating the hardware key and location of the phony account against your real FB account hardware key as well as hardware keys from technology "partners" that you unwittingly agreed to participate with when you conveniently "logged in with Facebook" while not noticing or caring that they clearly state they will share your information with their technology partners unless opted out. Together discerning who you are, what you do, what you love and hate and what motivates you to act is used to make you believe you want or do not want things. Like Ford over Chevy or, or this political candidate over that one. If you think it doesn't work you're wrong. No one's mind is an uninfluenced steel trap only accessible by their permission.
The only way to keep this from working is to minimize your accessible private data footprint by not exposing yourself to websites where you are the product. Faux accounts do not accomplish this. Please stop encouraging people to make them.
Also vote with your wallet, insist that retailers operate outside of sites like Facebook. Don't shop at retailers that offer Facebook only specials. If you're in the U.S. remind retailers, friends, and government agencies that they are alienating and not reaching 200 million Americans and 5 billion people of the world that aren't in The Face Book.
Finally read up on Facebook's damn near psychotic practices and business conduct and at least hear out why they're dangerous to participate in. This is no small matter.
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The problem is facebook is just one of many companies that do this. If you have a credit card, a home loan, a car loan, or have ever given any of your personal info to anyone on the planet, they already know everything about you, and in many cases these companies are so great at collating data and matching people up to fragments of data they know things you've forgotten. Online or offline it doesn't matter, privacy died a long time ago.