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At this point, if you care about your privacy, why would you even still have a Facebook account?

I used to think I could be 'safe', that my advanced knowledge of privacy settings and optimised usage patterns could somehow shield me from the fundamental nature of these data monger corporations. But the truth is concepts like cloud and social networking are fundamentally toxic to privacy and freedom.

I'm now pretty close to the day I delete my Google account, and that provides far more useful functionality than Facebook.



>At this point, if you care about your privacy, why would you even still have a Facebook account?

You could have a Facebook/Google account under a different name. I have one and its rather useful when websites have an option of logging in using facebook/google accounts.

>I'm now pretty close to the day I delete my Google account, and that provides far more useful functionality than Facebook.

What is this "far more useful" functionality ?


You could have a Facebook/Google account under a different name. I have one and its rather useful when websites have an option of logging in using facebook/google accounts.

You can easily be identified by your network of friends. The name of your account doesn't matter.


Ah, I should clarify.. the account does not have any friends.




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