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This prompted me to delete all my interests on Facebook, and it made me find a bug: when you don't have any interests, it'll show a spinner that never goes away. [0] [0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/35731h2se6d1ur2/Screenshot%202016-...
Like the last scene of Inception.
Apparently "Democracy" is one of the ad groups I'm targeted for, along with both "Republican Party (United States)" and "Democratic Party (United States)". Weirdly "In-N-Out Burger" is also listed, despite the fact they don't exist where I live (UK). The suggested ad. preferences are also a little odd - it's almost entirely hip-hop related for no apparent reason (Ghostface Killah/rza/Raekwon/gza/Ol' Dirty Bastard/KRS…
TL;DR: for those hitting a paywall: 1) Go to https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences 2) Open the Lifestyle and culture tab under the Interests section 3) Find the US Politics box and see what Facebook thinks you are in the parentheses Edit: Apparently I am targeted for ads related to bubble wrap.
This prompted me to delete all my interests on Facebook, and it made me find a bug: when you don't have any interests, it'll show a spinner that never goes away. [0] [0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/35731h2se6d1ur2/Screenshot%202016-...
> it'll show a spinner that never goes away. Like the last scene of Inception.
As someone not from the US, I don't quite understand while people go "democrat vs republican". Not only can democracy and republicanism coexist, but they frequently do (I live in a democratic republic, for example). Actually, I think a republican democracy is what makes sense the most, and probably amongst the most common forms of government around. Anybody care to explain why these stances seem opposed to US-citizen…
Seems that a good measure for them not gaining much data about you is to keep logging in an incognito window and not liking much. All the Interests I see are from where I login (mobile phone models, browsers, OS), one Android wrapper app, apps I linked with FB and 1 Facebook page I liked (football club). Good news, less data FB has on me, more it makes me happy.
A small tip for you...
I had written a small blog post about a few weeks back. This tab has been covered many times by other news organisations, especially when Facebook data mining procedures first resulted in a light scare wave. I'll quote myself: '...the really scary thing is that it likely knows much more, and these are only a part of what it knows. Although these are said to be used for displaying adverts, they are updated regardless…
Facebook probably has more lawyers than we do, though.
TL;DR: for those hitting a paywall: 1) Go to https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences 2) Open the Lifestyle and culture tab under the Interests section 3) Find the US Politics box and see what Facebook thinks you are in the parentheses Edit: Apparently I am targeted for ads related to bubble wrap.