Salim Virani’s piece, Get YourLoved One’s Off Facebook is an eye-opening account of Facebook’s incredibly harmful, intrusive, and ever-changing privacy policy. Virani outlines all of the horrible things Facebook does with the information it collects from you, the people you have on Facebook, other sites you visit, your online bank account, and the conversations you have with people using messaging apps like Facebook Messenger. Anonymity is never guaranteed online, but its shocking to hear about companies selling their customers personal data to ad companies and state governments. Additionally, what’s even more shocking is how Facebook constantly tracks users locations via GPS, even if the app itself isn’t open (but if you think about it... isn’t that what our phones are doing all the time?). The involuntary privacy changes that I’m apparently oblivious to came as a real shock to me. Prior to reading the article, I was already aware of Facebook’s dodgy advertising strategies, espe
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