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Facebook Promises Privacy Tool 'Clear History' (cnet.com)
Facebook is introducing a new privacy tool called "clear history," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday with a personal Facebook post. From a report: The tool will allow you to see information about the apps and websites you've interacted with, and you'll be able to clear this information from your account. The news came less within hours of the kickoff keynote at on Facebook's F8 developer conference, which is being held in San Jose. The mostly-annual conference began as a time for Facebook to announce major initiatives, such as its technology to connect user's accounts with websites around the web, as well as revamped designs for user's profile pages. In a statement, Zuckerberg said, "In your web browser, you have a simple way to clear your cookies and history. The idea is a lot of sites need cookies to work, but you should still be able to flush your history whenever you want. We're building a version of this for Facebook too. It will be a simple control to clear your browsing history on Facebook -- what you've clicked on, websites you've visited, and so on."
You know, all the shit we track about you that's really none of our business. Yeah, that stuff.
I'm assuming they only have the ability to clear browser cookies belonging to facebook-related domains.
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
too bad the horse already bolted, but might as well close the door.
the app developers have already backed up their data, good luck getting them to clear that out.
and I'm sure FB already has their backups, good luck getting rid of those.
Know how every elevator has 'Door Close' button? That doesn't seem to actually be connected to anything, and therefore does nothing? That's what I think this will be: it'll clear what you and others can see, but not a single byte of what Facebook stores.
Fuck you, Zuck.
Fuckzuck.com
Facebook is gonna build a button that lets me clear my browser cache. What I want is a button the expunges me from all of their fucking databases. And even if they built that button, I'd have to have a Facebook account to use it. Goddamn Catch-22.
It doesn't go far enough. Facebook, Intellius et al. need to be prohibited from collecting any data from anyone without an opt-in and controls as to what
they can collect and when.
Sorry, fuck off Zuck
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
... in order for Facebook to track who does not want to be tracked?
I mean download all info to the mothership and archive it for safe keeping.
So you have the option to clear "history", but Facebook indexes and records the information instantly, so it does NOTHING.
All your data has already been copied a thousand times to other companies. I doubt Facebook will be forcing them to delete their copies too.
I want a tool that deletes all my Facebook history (posts, photos, comments, etc) prior to a certain date.
they really mean, "remove from public view". there's no way zuck would ever actually delete your data. no. fucking. way.
So Facebook says they now have a new tool. What happened? Did they somehow figure out a way to replace Zuckerberg?
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
void OnUserClickedRemoveHistory()
{
userState.HideHistory = true;
userPsychologyProfile.UserIsSecretive = true;
NotifyDataCustomersAdditionalPsychologyCorrelationRowAvailable();
}
I'm totally confused.
Window dressing for plebs. EVERYTHING you ever post is kept forever by three digits.. tell us about your freedumb Amerikuks. LOL.
Not sure who to believe.
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It will be just like deleting your browser history on your LOCAL computer or what is visible in your account. It won't do shit about the data Facebook has stored about you. That will never get deleted because that is what Facebook uses to make money.
Basically nothing to see here. Move along.
The answer here seems fairly simple. Facebook will lie, facebook will sell your data to unethical companies who will utilize it as they see fit, facebook will create fake history clearing areas to give the impression of doing something.
Personally I see only one viable solution, the company has lost trust they never should have had in the first place and it is time to let this entire circus drown in the mud. If facebook does indeed fall over we would see a next generation platform rise from the ashes, this would be fantastic as those who rise will remember those who fell and not make the same mistakes.
Facebook is a day late and a dollar short! I am now 6 months free from Facebook and I will not be looking back ... ever.
Yes, what about the data including these histories sold to customers? Will they be deleted too? (Like the undeleted data at Cambridge Analytica.)
This asshole lies to you all the time. The WHOLE PURPOSE of Facebook is data gathering. Facebook isn't going to stop doing this, they're just going to lie to you and claim they are going to stop doing this, if you ask.
People are such stupid sheep.
Why not empower users with their history instead of sneaking around and doing shady things?
https://help.vivaldi.com/article/history/
All they care about is the metadata, and they already stored that.
This won't delete that.
Still a violation of Canadian Constitutional Right of Privacy and EU Right of Privacy, and FB knows that, which is why they have different platforms there.
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We have an expression for when you do things like take security measures after a security breech. It's "closing the door after the horse has bolted." Also, in Facebookese, "clear" probably doesn't mean "delete" either. More likely means "hide it from you but available to anyone else who pays for it."
Debate is a form of harassment. Do not question my truth.
delete FaceBook. I meant delete everything and close it down. It is now a blot on society.
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About time we get Faceblock!
"Clear history."
The only way to delete anything on Facebook is air strikes. Take out their data centers.
Sadly the 9/11 guys caused a lot of pain and distress by taking out something that was essentially useless, the WTC.
Had they waited a bit they could have been more helpful.
Why should I believe that anything gets deleted at all? For all I know it could (and judging from Facebook's history would) just be hidden from view. For the user, of course, not to Facebook.
Sorry. There is nothing, literally nothing this company can do to convince anyone that they are anything but a privacy invasion.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.