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the latest hit that is strolling in the global world is Facebook's Cambridge analytical , can you imagine you are here chatting and doing many stuff on Facebook and yet you don't even know someone is just watching everything you are doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! surprising huh!.
Facebook knows way more about you than you think, but you permitted it
The #deletefacebook movement in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica
scandal has led to more unpleasant discoveries about the social media
platform with regards to the amount and calibre of data the platform
collects from its users. As more users delete their accounts and get rid
of the app for good, many are discovering that Facebook holds more data
and knows way more about them than they expected.
These data
includes address book contacts, calendars, logs of incoming and outgoing
calls, every text message sent and received, audio messages sent and
received, and all files sent and received, all outside Facebook.
Typically, Facebook also has data of all your activities on the platform
including login dates, time, location, and from what device.
All
third party applications ever connected to your account remains and is
stored so Facebook is aware of your hobbies, interests and activities
outside the platform besides what you have expressly stated in your bio
or profile. Consequently, these third-party apps have direct access to a
significant amount of data from your account.
Have you ever tried
to delete your Facebook account, only for you to be redirected or
persuaded into deactivating it? The truth is while deactivating your
account makes you invisible on Facebook, and details of your account
invisible on the web, all your data remains on the company’s servers.
However, users who insist on deleting their accounts are given the
option to download a copy of their information from the platform. This
copy of info is what has revealed the magnitude of data Facebook
gathers.
Picture
it, all the calls you’ve ever made and received since joining the
social network, including their time and duration, and all those voice
notes, texts, and pictures you’ve sent; all your metadata, Facebook has
them all. Facebook is the real Big Brother, or perhaps
Google is. You decide.
Once word got out on the extent of Facebook’s data harvesting, the company
published a statement
explaining the necessity of uploading contacts but also stating that it
was optional. “This helps you find and stay connected with the people
you care about and provides you with a better experience on Facebook.
People have to expressly agree to use this feature”, it said.
“If
at any point, you no longer wish to continuously upload this
information, you can easily turn this feature off in your settings. You
can also turn off continuous call and text history logging while keeping
contact uploading enabled…While we receive certain permissions from
Android, uploading this information has always been opt-in only.”
But
users have come forward to debunk the company’s statement, saying that
they were not explicitly pre-informed of the practice and that
Facebook began logging their text messages and phone calls before
notifying them. “While data collection was technically “opt-in,” in both
these cases the opt-in was the default installation mode for Facebook’s
application, not a separate notification of data collection”, Sean
Gallagher
writes for Ars Technica.
“Facebook
never explicitly revealed that the data was being collected, and it was
only discovered as part of a review of the data associated with the
accounts … Facebook began explicitly asking permission from users of
Messenger and Facebook Lite to access SMS and call data after
being publicly shamed in 2016 over the way it handled the “opt-in” for SMS services.”
In the wake of this scandal, and seemingly never-ending discoveries, now is a good time for us to take a look at the
terms and conditions and
full data policy
we agreed to when we created a Facebook account and installed the app,
since it has become obvious that most of its features or services with
the “opt-in” option were in default installation mode. Still can’t put
yourself through the hassle of reading the small print? Here’s what you
agreed to, summarised:
Permission to
- Access to your contacts
- Share your content
- Monitor your behaviour
- Store your banking details
Now that you are aware, what is your verdict; #deletefacebook or #idontcare?
can you imagine if I need any thing or any detail in your phone all i need is to hack your Facebook account. with this zip file i get from Facebook, i can:
- Track your location
- Read all your Incoming and outgoing calls and messages
- Voice recording
- Take your picture and videos
- Access precise location and GPS
- Read phone status and identity
- Access your content
- Read and record your bank details.
Can you imagine your ex get this or you enemy, think of what could have happened to you.
Not only Facebook all other social media are like this, and this issues are brought about by the app or the website requesting permission to allow it to get access to some parts like contacts, messges, gallery and other media.
Stay right here we -Wajir Global Youth- are here to teach you how we can protect your privacy. So in our next post we will teach you how to prevent Facebook and other third party apps to access your details.
at the top right of any Facebook page and select 
