Tag Archives: Facebook

Confinement – Day 15

Posted on March 31, 2020 by

Start of the 2nd fortnightº of confinement º For our American friends, that means 2 weeks Tuesday March 31st Last day of March already. Despite the long confinement days for the past 2 weeks, time seems to pass fairly quickly. … Continue reading →

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No laughing matter

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

    Probably not to far from the truth.

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WhatsApp no more

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

In my continuing effort to eliminate all Facebook products and apps, it is now WhatsApp’s turn to be deleted from my phone. The latest scandal about the spyware possibilities which I read about today accelerated my decision. I shall delete … Continue reading →

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Facebook strikes again

Posted on March 21, 2019 by

Would you believe it! Just read an article from Bloomberg Technology. Quite incredible really. But I am sure there is not a single crook within the 20,000 employees mentioned. I am glad I did quit using this outfit. ARTICLE Facebook … Continue reading →

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Malware

Posted on February 21, 2019 by

During the past week or so there is a spate of fake messages from so-called “Facebook”. Be extremely careful. This is dangereous malware. These messages are coming from facebookmail.com or other fake accounts. I have suspended my Facebook account a … Continue reading →

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Safe enough?

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

WhatsApp? As part of my efforts to eliminate both Google and Facebook from my software arsenal due to their proven records of being unsafe, collecting and selling mis-appropriated data, distributing false information (the list goes on and on), I am … Continue reading →

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Facebook and Google

Posted on February 2, 2019 by

I have mentioned a few times that Facebook cannot be trusted and that is the main reason why I suspended my account a few months ago. I am not impressed with Google either and switched to Qwant for my search … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on August 27, 2018 by

Almost there… twitter.com/jjsauvaget/status/

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So that is it

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

It took me a while this afternoon but I managed to: Download all my data / posts / photos / comments / friends etc which were on “my” Facebook for the past 10 years. Nominated administrators for the couple pages … Continue reading →

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Closing Facebook

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

Just in case you’re not aware, Facebook isn’t a social networking website. In other words, as Edward Snowden says, it’s a surveillance company. It knows which places you visit, which advertisements you’ve interacted with, or what your friends are doing and … Continue reading →

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