I’m a big advocate for data privacy and I left Facebook many years ago without feeling the need to go back. However, there’s several local groups and a couple of local businesses that specifically communicate via Facebook that I’d like to interact with.
This presents a problem - I have to use the platform to interact with these people but I don’t want to use the platform. So how do I keep my data safe from Zucks greedy hands? So far I’m thinking:
- use a throwaway email or email that is specifically for fb
- only access via Firefox inprivate browser and use addons to clean cookies after every session
- utilise ad blockers in said browser
- set fb privacy settings accordingly to opt out of ad personalisation, othrr site fb logins etc
- potentially only access via VPN but that might be cumbersome
- maybe do all of this via android work profile but not sure if that’s much benefit
Anything else I can do to remain reasonably safe?
What would make you unsafe? What data do you want to keep away from Facebook?
Maybe safe is the wrong word in my post. I mean keeping the data safe from meta in the respect that I don’t want them to have it. Their record in data privacy is not so great so I’m keen to keep my data away from Meta if I can.
What specific data?
You can’t keep information you put on their platform or your habits of use on that platform “safe” from it.