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Re: Off-Facebook activity

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post #50

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That one surprised me as well.

Why is it surprising?

Because Revolut is the only fintech/banking app that is actually on the list. I do have other 3 banking applications installed on my phone that I regularly use + N26 (another fintech) -- none of these are in the data sharing list.

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#132
post #68

If 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"

One warning it gives me: > We will still receive future activities from companies and organisations you visit. These might be used for analytics and to improve our advertising systems, but will not be connected to your account. (Translated from Dutch because for some reason Facebook figured I'd want this particular message in Dutch.)

I mean, they’ve already been shown to keep every tiny nugget of data, this feels more like “we won’t give anyone else tools to see that it’s you” instead of “we’ll anonymize it sufficiently”

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#134

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Could you say more or provide a screenshot? I’m very curious and concerned about this.

For Revolut, I have many many entries like: ID 894103617218109 Event CUSTOM Received on 13 November 2019 at 09:51 The only event is "CUSTOM".

I use Revolut but my page is empty. I imagine it's because I don't have the Facebook nor Messenger apps installed on my phone.

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#135
post #12

In 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…

I saw the same for Gap inc for a list of in-store purchases at Old Navy. Incredibly on the nose about how screwed privacy is going to be soon.

What do you mean, "soon"?

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#136
I was asked to "sign in" to "facebook" therefore I have no idea what this post is about.

(seriously, concerned citizens should consider browsing fb incognito and never stay signed-in)

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#137
Four 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.

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#138
post #25

My off-facebook activity was empty. That's encouraging, because it looks like my countermeasures have been working: - Fingerprinting resistance in Firefox (privacy.resistFingerprinting = true) - First-party isolation in Firefox (privacy.firstparty.isolate = true) - Blocking third-party cookies in Firefox (network.cookie.cookieBehavior = 1) - Firefox container when I need to login to ad/tracking companies (Facebook, G…

How do you cope with constant reCAPTCHA prompts? I get prompted by Google when using search, because it thinks I'm a bot if I'm anonymous enough.

Have you tried using another search engine like DuckDuckGo?

Re: Off-Facebook activity

#139
post #57

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I think they cross-reference Android Advertising ID in their SDK. Have you ever logged to Facebook from your phone? https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-ads/targeting/mobil...

I have, either in the browser or in Swipe (a third-party app). I've never logged in to or installed the Facebook app or Messenger.

Then FB left behind tracking data, and there's your link. Sigh.

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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I have, either in the browser or in Swipe (a third-party app). I've never logged in to or installed the Facebook app or Messenger.

Then FB left behind tracking data, and there's your link. Sigh.

How? It was running in a browser.
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