fuing unbelievable that my photo to scan app on the phone is sending activity to Facebook!
Off-Facebook activity
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#262Blind app send interactions to Facebook. This defies the whole point of blind app. This is so wrong on so many levels.
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#263In my profile, they managed to obtain a `PURCHASE` event from Macy's -- for an in-person purchase at a physical store . Macy's has my email address and certainly linked it to my credit card number, but this is nonetheless seriously creepy. I just tried to change my email address on Facebook and discovered that they canonicalize plus and dot variations in gmail.com addresses, and thus claim that the new email address…
It’s better to not use the same email address everywhere. I use SimpleLogin to create email alias and it works great so far.
I just don't give my e-mail address to anyone. Anyone. Doctors, vets, especially retail stores.
I just tell them that I don't have one. On the very rate occasions anyone has balked I tell them I just moved and haven't set up my internet yet.
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#264Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s not a situation where FB “managed to obtain”. It’s Macy’s directly uploading transactions in order to attribute purchases to their online ad campaigns. It uses email and name etc to match.
I agree. While its easy to point at Facebook and say "they are so creepy" - this sounds like the type of challenge every marketing department faces. "What is the attribution of X,Y,Z ad campaigns?" Connecting purchase + email + 'where the ad happened' via social solves that.
The fact that there is a commercial motivation doesn't make it less creepy.
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#265Four days before the UK general election, Facebook apparently "received activity" relating to me from an anonymous, icon-less organisation with a cryptic name, who appear to be completely un-googleable. Well, that's reassuring.
Nice FUD there.
> icon-less organisation with a cryptic name
Oh my god what if they're foreign? Isn't it terrifying to think about foreigners? Better take that fear into the voting booth with you.
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#266Earlier quoted context omitted.
And if you’re a savvy customer you get “cash back rewards” from your credit card, meaning some of the fees just end up coming back to you.
A "savvy" customer has a card that doesn't make them perform a dog and pony show like you describe. A savvy customer's card charges the lowest reasonable rate in order to provide the service. Giving someone money and then feeling all giddy when you get a "reward" later means you've been gamed.
> feeling all giddy when you get a "reward" later means you've been gamed.
It doesn't really feel that way as you're flying to Hawaii for free.
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#267If you want to disable facebook tracking out of facebook in the future, it's possible on this link: https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/future_activi... EDIT: the link doesn't seem to work, so you can click on "Manage Future Activity" => "Manage Future Activity" in the popup => Disable "Future Off-Facebook Activity"
Before you disable it, the site warns you that "This will also prevent you from logging into apps and websites with Facebook because your activity will be disconnected from your account." This annoys me, because Facebook login is actually quite convenient, and they've gone and bundled it with lots of random third-party tracking. Nothing technically required them to do this -- they could surely offer it as a separate feature.
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#268Allegedly, I ditched my Facebook account years ago. Not just deactivated but delete, though I don’t really believe it. Is there anyway to see what’s in this (or to see if my account really is gone) without accidentally re-upping?
I took the leap and tried to log in. It said there was no account, so I guess the delete worked?
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#269Four days before the UK general election, Facebook apparently "received activity" relating to me from an anonymous, icon-less organisation with a cryptic name, who appear to be completely un-googleable. Well, that's reassuring.
I honestly can't tell what you're trying to insinuate. What exactly is this nefarious activity log doing that relates to the general election?
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#270Earlier quoted context omitted.
And if you’re a savvy customer you get “cash back rewards” from your credit card, meaning some of the fees just end up coming back to you.
A "savvy" customer has a card that doesn't make them perform a dog and pony show like you describe. A savvy customer's card charges the lowest reasonable rate in order to provide the service. Giving someone money and then feeling all giddy when you get a "reward" later means you've been gamed.
So you must have a recommendation for a card that charges lowest reasonable rate?