THIS IS REAL... and needs urgent attention
I've just checked mine and it's scary
I've cleared my history and stopped all future activity!
Are you aware of a new feature that Facebook added since the February 1st update?
This is legit, I checked it and deactivated.
Many of you probably don’t know that over the past 8 weeks Facebook has been monitoring and tracking what you do when you're OFFLINE and not on Facebook!
I just checked and it is actually real. I checked and it had records of every website I’ve visited and apps I’ve used including online banking.
Go to your Facebook settings and SHUT IT DOWN.
I suggest you to look now to see what they are seeing. Go to Facebook settings, scroll down to Your Facebook Information. Click on Off-Facebook Activity. You can see the list in Manage Your Off-Facebook Activity.
To shut it down... in the same setting, click on 'More Options' Go into Manage Future Activity and turn it OFF. You may want to clear the history as well.
How Does Facebook Track You?
We’ve become a society intent on sharing… everything. How many times do you scroll through your Facebook feed and sigh at the information people are spewing forth? It goes further than that.
1. Facebook Like and Share Plug-In Tracking
The Facebook “Like” and “Share” buttons found on almost every website funnel data back into the Facebook advertising algorithm. The presence of the Facebook social share buttons means Facebook is hoovering up your data, regardless of whether you have an account or not. (What is a Facebook shadow profile, anyway?)
The European Union found that site owners could be held liable for transmitting private data to Facebook with obtaining the explicit consent of the users. The ruling doesn’t stop Facebook or other companies using social media plug-ins. However, it could force Facebook to offer users the chance to opt-out of tracking on websites outside of its control.
2. Facebook Pixel
The Facebook pixel “is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising by understanding the actions that people take on your website.” Sounds great, right? For a website owner, a Facebook pixel grants insight into how effective your advertising is. It does this by tracking the actions of the people using the site and feeding back to Facebook.
As with Facebook tracking via the Like and Share social plug-ins, the crux of the issue is whether Facebook provides enough information to users to make informed decisions regarding data tracking.
3. Facebook Cookies
Facebook places a cookie on your computer if you have a Facebook account. It also places a cookie on your computer if you use “Facebook Products, including our website or apps, or visit other websites and apps that use Facebook Products (including the Like button or other Facebook Technologies).”
Regardless of whether you have an account, if you even use a site using a Facebook Product, you receive a Facebook tracking cookie.
4. Facebook Tracking via Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook owns several other major social sites and services. The largest of these are Instagram and WhatsApp, both giants in their own right. If you’re using Instagram, Facebook is tracking your data. The image-sharing social media platform is a Facebook Product with all the tracking and data privacy issues you can imagine.
WhatsApp, however, is a little different. Because WhatsApp is an encrypted messaging service. Therefore, Facebook cannot access the content of your messages and mine this data for advertising purposes. Still, Facebook can link your Facebook profile and WhatsApp accounts together to learn more about the friends you chat to.
Thankfully, WhatsApp users can turn off data sharing. Instagram users do not have the same data privacy option. If you want to switch, here are four privacy-focused WhatsApp alternatives.
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