Except, if you're not in the USA and not involved in any overtly criminal activity, they can do f**k all to you.Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:17 pmExcept all the things you're interested in, which they'll monitor by what you read and will then be sold to advertisers along with your email address and any other data you provided as part of the sign up process. Even something as seemingly innocuous as a mobile phone number alone can provide a TON of real-world information about the person it belongs to - so if they have that (maybe for two-factor authentication) then that's out there too. Great article in the Times this weekend about what you can find on a person just based on a mobile number. Then once you start doing giant database joins on things like email address, mobile, interests, etc. there's enough data out there to build scary-detailed profiles, or for hackers to potentially use for fraud. Every interaction produces data, all of which can be combined and joined with data from other sources once you have one or two identifies. I'm not on Facebook, but I'm on Instagram so I'm sure they've got a ton of similar data on me. It is what it is, but I'd warn against the assumption that by signing up with unimportant email address and not posting that you're in the clear and evading these types of privacy concerns.cturner wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:46 pm I established an Facebook account recently, but it’s a “read-only” thing for me: only pages I’m following are audio tech vendors. It’s way faster (ie less interaction) than KVR/GS if you just want the news about product intros, updates, etc. If you sign up with an unused email addy and don’t post, FB knows very little about you.
Compressors you say?
To add to what they collect - browser metadata. Which means everything. Cheers!
