Tag Archives: Facebook

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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EU parliament v UK

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

So the UK government has been asking Mr Zuckerberg to appear before parliament. Request which has been repeatedly completely ignored. I am surprised to read today that Mr Zuckerberg has just accepted the European Parliament’s invitation. What does it say … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

So Mark Zuckerberg (Sugar Mountain in English) did admit to quite a few things during the past 2 days hearing in the US congress. It is a shame that the congress persons who interviewed him had, for the most part, … Continue reading →

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