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Ask HN: Did you delete Facebook account after the NSA fiasco?

8 pointsby geekamalmost 12 years ago
Also, Are you doing anything about moving away from Google?<p>Note: I am mainly interested in Facebook and Google.

7 comments

terrykohlaalmost 12 years ago
No. I deleted it way before that when I found out private companies where doing this. At the time I was job hunting and became well aware that companies could pay money to have access to my online data. Particularly companies that do any sort of background checks.<p>IMHO there is nothing &quot;new&quot; about the NSA fiasco.
krappalmost 12 years ago
No. There&#x27;s no point, they&#x27;re just going to keep my data indefinitely anyway and give it to whomever they want. &quot;deleting&quot; is meaningless when it comes to facebook.
X4almost 12 years ago
Tell me a way to delete my data on facebook, afaik there isn&#x27;t one. Not even the way of going through the law and legal system. I live in europe, but even that doesn&#x27;t help.<p>I considered using an exploit to remove some data, but that would shot in my head. And it&#x27;s patched now anyway
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scottmeyalmost 12 years ago
Yes, but it&#x27;s been on my mind for a while ( ever since my feed has become populated with advertisements ). The NSA fiasco wasn&#x27;t really the reason, but it definitely helped me conclude the time was now.
LoganCalealmost 12 years ago
I deleted my Facebook account years ago. I still have a Google account, but I use it minimally. I started backing away from Google before all this began, even.
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dlinderalmost 12 years ago
Forget the pointlessness of deleting your account - the real value is not continuing to feed the beast.
ibudialloalmost 12 years ago
Deleting your data on Facebook or Google doesn&#x27;t change anything. They just mark it as deleted.