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Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by timtunday: 7:21am On Aug 27, 2016 |
Social network reveals the astonishing amount of data it holds on people who uses its services WHO knows the most about you? You might say it’s your partner or perhaps your mum, assuming you’ve had the sort of tame life a parent would find acceptable. But you’d be wrong, because tech companies now have more information about you than almost anyone else. The firm with the largest information stash is likely to be Google, which could theoretically tell an awful lot about your life based on your search history. But coming in at second place has to be Facebook, the social network which holds gazillions of our photos, conversations and innermost thoughts. Now Mark Zuckerberg’s firm has revealed the 98 “data points” it holds on all users, which can be found in a new website revealing how it targets users with advertising. “We want the ads people see on Facebook to be interesting, useful and relevant,” a Facebook spokesman said. “Like many companies, we use widely available information to help show people better ads. However, unlike many of those companies, we provide information that helps explain this practice, and we give people ways to opt out and help control their experience.” So here are the facts and secrets Facebook has found out about you or is trying to discover, according to the Washington Post. 1. Your location 2. Age 3. Generation 4. Gender 5. Language 6. Education level 7. Field of study 8. School 9. Ethnic background 10. Income and net worth 11. Home ownership and type of home 12. Value of home 13. Size of your property 14. Square footage of home 15. The year your home was built 16. Who lives in your house 17. Whether you have an anniversary approaching in the next month 18. If you’re living away from family or hometown 19. Whether you’re friends with someone who has an anniversary, is newly married or engaged, recently moved, or has an upcoming birthday 20. If you’re in a long-distance relationship 21. If you’re in a new relationship 22. If you have have a new job 23. If you’re recently engaged 24. If you’ve just got married 25. If you’ve moved house recently 26. When your birthday is coming up 27. Parents 28. Expectant parents 29. Mothers, divided by ‘type’ (which includes ‘soccer mums’ or other maternal tribes) 30. If you are likely to engage in politics 31. Whether you are conservative or liberal 32. Relationship status 33. Employer 34. Industry 35. Job title 36. Office type 37. Interests 38. Whether you own a motorcycle 39. If you’re planning to buy a car 40. If you have purchased auto parts or accessories recently 41. If you are likely to buy auto parts or services 42. The style and brand of your car 43. The year your car was bought 44. Age of car 45. How much money you’re likely to spend on next car 46. Where you are likely to buy next car from 47. How many employees your company has 48. If you own small businesses 49. If you work in management or are executives 50. If you have donated to charity (divided by type) 51. Operating system 52. If you play browser games 53. If you own a gaming console 54. If you have created a Facebook event 55. If you have used Facebook Payments 56. If you have spent more than average on Facebook Payments 57. If you administer a Facebook page 58. If you have recently uploaded photos to Facebook 59. Internet browser 60. Email service 61. Early/late adopters of technology 62. If you are an expat and what country you left 63. If you belong to a credit union, national bank or regional bank 64. If you are an investor 65. Number of credit lines 66. If you are an active credit card users 67. Credit card type 68. If you own a debit card 69. If you carry a balance on your credit card 70. If you listen to the radio 71. What TV shows you like 72. If you use a mobile device and what brand it is 73. Internet connection type 74. If you have recently bought a smartphone or tablet 75. Whether you access the Internet through a smartphone or tablet 76. If you use coupons 77. The type of clothing your household buys 78. Which time of year you do the most shopping 79. Whether you are a ‘heavy’ buyer of beer, wine or spirits 80. What groceries you buy 81. Whether you buy beauty products 82. Whether you buy medications 83. Whether you buy/spend money on household products 84. Whether you buy/spend money on products for kids or pets, and what kinds of pets 85. If your household makes more purchases than is average 86. If you tend to shop online or offline 87. The types of restaurants user you eat at 88. The kinds of stores you shop at 89. If you’re interest in adverts offering auto insurance, mortgages or satellite telly 90. Length of time user you have lived your house 91. If you are likely to move soon 92. If you are are interested in the Olympics, football or cricket 93. If you travel frequently 94. Whether you commute to work 95. The type of holiday you enjoy 96. If you have recently returned from a holiday 97. If you have used a travel app 98. Whether you are involved in a time share Source: http://www.inmarketpro.com/2016/08/24/alarming-98-facts-secrets-facebook-knows/#.V8Et_rWewSp |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by mhisbliss(f): 7:23am On Aug 27, 2016 |
ho my God am feeling insecure right now, all this info just because i used an app? Wtf? 1 Like |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by Gidoka(m): 7:31am On Aug 27, 2016 |
Social Media Exposes our vulnerabilities 1 Like |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by GMBuhari: 7:51am On Aug 27, 2016 |
An episode of POI Person of interest I think it's season 3 glasses said homeland security was having problems collating data but they discovered people are willing to give those data free on social media Looks like we are the ones screwing ourselves 2 Likes |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by timtunday: 7:55am On Aug 27, 2016 |
I am always very concious of the kind of information I leave on my social accounts. Scammers now use the information of most people's account to scam them. The painful thing is that most social media users give their whole information on their profile. The schools their children attend and other vital information that expose them to high risk. GMBuhari: |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by thesicilian: 7:58am On Aug 27, 2016 |
Facebook only knows what I want it to know 2 Likes |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by Temitope223(m): 8:31am On Aug 27, 2016 |
for me its limited info i filled in my facebook profile |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by sprinter101(m): 8:43am On Aug 27, 2016 |
All the info on my FB. Is wrong, apart from my school, even my name is not the right one |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by ojnnaco(m): 9:30am On Aug 27, 2016 |
timtunday: I don't think this is true.. FB knows what I want it to know.. its knowledge is limited to the info I filled in my profile. What a trash and a waste of thrend |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by timtunday: 9:43am On Aug 27, 2016 |
ojnnaco:It seems you don't understand what cookies are and how they work. why is it that when you search for an item frequently on the internet that's the advert they push to you. If anyone commits any crime and they need to track the person, you'll be surprised how they can do that with Facebook in 5minutes. |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by timtunday: 9:53am On Aug 27, 2016 |
I got this info now and I think I should share it here since it's related to the topic " If you accepted the recent changes in whatsapp terms and conditions. Go to settings-> account and uncheck share my info. It enables facebook to access your all phone data. So do uncheck immediately." |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by ojnnaco(m): 4:16pm On Aug 27, 2016 |
timtunday:Yea. cookies push the likely things you have searched but Cookies cannot identify ur address,phone number, your organization etc when you haven't input that in FB .. This is a simple logic. Just try and understand |
Re: Here Are The Alarming 98 Facts And Secrets Facebook Knows About You by timtunday: 6:52pm On Aug 27, 2016 |
ojnnaco:I understand your point but try and understand the topic. The topic is not saying that they get all the information from all facebook users but for any information you enter, Facebook can access all. The list consists of all the items Facebook can track but it depends on what you do. They do this for the sake of pushing adverts to you based on your interest and activities. |
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