5 tips to stop Facebook from stalking your real life

[JMH]

Facebook and its advertisers want to know everything about you, online and off. The latest push is around knowing where you grew up. If you’ve signed onto Facebook lately, you’ve probably seen it.

They’ve been asking for your hometown on your profile page for several weeks now, but they’ve gotten more aggressive lately: they’re putting it at the top of people’s news feeds and saying that your profile isn’t complete without it.

Why is Facebook pestering you to know where you grew up? It’s personal information that fills in another piece of the puzzle that makes you you. Knowing your hometown makes it easier to target you, not someone with a similar name. Knowing where you grew up–and where you live now–gives Facebook and its advertisers are better sense of the stores you like, where your family and friends are located, where you’re most likely to travel, and more. Your real life and history translates to more advertising money to Facebook, a revenue source that made up 83% of Facebook’s income in 2012.

5 tips to stop Facebook from stalking your real life

 

[x BlueRobot]

There's one tip, which I used, delete your Facebook account entirely

 

[AceInfinity]

There's one tip, which I used, delete your Facebook account entirely

I think Facebook keeps your account though, all you can do is deactivate it. The one tip I would have is to never create and use one. :)

 

[x BlueRobot]

Yeah, they've changed it now, you used to be able to delete your account entirely, but now you can only deactivate your account. I suppose they want to keep your data or hoping that you will reactivate your account again

 

[AceInfinity]

Yeah, they've changed it now, you used to be able to delete your account entirely, but now you can only deactivate your account. I suppose they want to keep your data or hoping that you will reactivate your account again

Exactly... If they had permission to put camera's in your bathroom this is what facebook would do I would not doubt... They care about information, but they don't care about you.