Off-Facebook Activity

#1

Post by stclaus » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:00 PM UTC

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#2

Post by pesenti » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:38 PM UTC

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-...

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#3

Post by cameronbrown » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:39 PM UTC

This is a good step but it'll probably be something that won't be pushed widely by Facebook themselves but pointed to by them to regulators, saying 'look, we do care!'

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#4

Post by high_derivative » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:42 PM UTC

'The off-Facebook activity setting isn't currently available to you right now.'

Smart, announcing it without it being usable, so when it's silently rolled out later people will have forgotten about it. Never change, FB.

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#5

Post by tobr » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:45 PM UTC

So how will this work if I don’t use a Facebook account?

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#6

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:47 PM UTC

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Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#7

Post by tobr » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:48 PM UTC

pesenti wrote: post #2

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-...

This comment is by Jérôme Pesenti, VP of AI at Facebook.

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#8

Post by moneil971 » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:49 PM UTC

high_derivative wrote: post #4

'The off-Facebook activity setting isn't currently available to you right now.' Smart, announcing it without it being usable, so when it's silently rolled out later people will have forgotten about it. Never change, FB.

It’s rolled out in Ireland, South Korea and Spain to start, more countries are coming soon.

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#9

Post by givinguflac » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

tobr wrote: post #5

So how will this work if I don’t use a Facebook account?

That's my question as well, they aren't saying anything about shadow profiles. It seems like a ploy to get people to create accounts just to 'stop' tracking.

Re: Off-Facebook Activity

#10

Post by high_derivative » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:58 PM UTC

moneil971 wrote: post #8

high_derivative wrote: post #4

'The off-Facebook activity setting isn't currently available to you right now.' Smart, announcing it without it being usable, so when it's silently rolled out later people will have forgotten about it. Never change, FB.

It’s rolled out in Ireland, South Korea and Spain to start, more countries are coming soon.

Sorry, but my point stands. In Facebook's case, there is absolutely zero reason to assume good intentions, give the benefit of the doubt, have general good-will, or believe its employees regarding privacy aims.