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For Android, privacytools.io advises Blokada. It is an app that runs a sort of local pihole which enables it to block trackers in any app, not just a web browser. I don’t have an android phone myself, but I was very impressed when I tried it out on someone else’s. Is there a similar for iOS that anyone is aware of?
Hey Guys, We here at Facebook realized you don't trust our apps, so we made another app that makes you think our apps are safe. Despite this just being another app within our portfolio of tracking tools. Please download and install, otherwise the other apps may not work eventually. Trust us. ಠ_ಠ
And just look at that lovely, friendly new shade of blue! There's no way a company using that color can mean any harm!
This is the clear history feature that was announced a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16969325 . See also the engineering post that explains some of the challenges in implementing this: https://engineering.fb.com/data-infrastructure/off-facebook-...
> challenges rm -rf /var/tracking_data/jforberg
"How do we delete the data, and still profit from it?"
Why do people keep using facebook? I don't want to see this shit anymore.
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It's for kids to share memes under fake profiles and boomers to share fake news under real profiles. A hard cut from facebook is surprisingly easy. The biggest challenge is getting over the mentality of fear that it will somehow be challenging.
It’s to keep a loose connection with distant people and organize private events and find out about non-personal events and happenings. Just because the people you added on facebook filled it with bullshit, doesn’t mean it’s like that for everyone. I’d love to get away from them, but I have yet to find a workable alternative.
Hmm, a clear history feature that does nothing of the sort. Sounds like Facebook! The product manager in charge said: “people were able to mentally connect that with how their browser controls work, where they can clear their history. We clearly state that … the information isn’t connected to your account.” [0] So, they deliberately designed it to make people think it works like a browser's clear history feature (whi…
Why do people keep using facebook? I don't want to see this shit anymore.
I live abroad and it's one of the few ways in which I get to see what my family/friends are up to. I don't post anything or read news articles from Facebook. I just look at baby/vacation/wedding/birthday pics. I use Facebook in a container tab in Firefox, completely cut off from my regular browsing. Before that, I used to block it using Privacy Badger.
[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-cont...
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