Downloaded my Facebook data as a ZIP file

This is simultaneously appalling and unsurprising. It&#x27;s the unsurprising part though that&#x27;s the trap because people use that to paper over their disgust and replace it with resignation.<p>Buried in that Twitter thread is some ruby code for collecting statistic from the FB data dump. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;dylanmckay&#x2F;2b191a10068bd87d0fffba242db44b52" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;dylanmckay&#x2F;2b191a10068bd87d0fffba242...</a>

You really should be able to control apps&#x2F;cloud providers retention of your data plus be able to delete it.<p>for each of the types of data( location, images, click history, etc):<p>1. none<p>2. prompt<p>3. 1 day<p>4. 30 days<p>5. until deleted<p>or something similar<p>and maybe some of the service need to go to a pay model.<p>you were charged $XX for service<p>you were credit $XYZ for sharing personal data for XYZ time frame<p>you were credited $ABC for ordering ABC products and services.