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[PSA] If you use Instagram/Facebook/Messenger, check the "off Meta technologies" section. Your other apps may be sending data without you knowing (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Even if you don't enter data into Facebook/Meta directly, they may be getting data from other games/music apps/etc.

How to check

Navigate to the Accounts Center menu.
- Instagram: open your profile page > 3 bar menu > Settings > Accounts Center
- Messenger: 3 bar menu > gear icon > scroll to bottom > Accounts Center
Your information and permissions
Your activity off Meta technologies

There should also be an option for Manage future activity

I use some apps to communicate with family, and clearly my privacy protections weren't as good as I thought they were. I set things up a long time ago, so I imagine something changed since then.

I'm considering of either sending the apps to the work profile, or switching to only using them in the browser. If it's because I connected my account to the other service at some point, I don't know how to sever that connection now aside from dropping that other game/app/service

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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago

Direct link to the page in question

https://accountscenter.facebook.com/info_and_permissions/off_facebook_activity/

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Thanks :)

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

And thank you, I wasn't aware of that option :)

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

And, of course, they want you to login or sign up to be able to read that page.

[-] felsiq@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 months ago

It physically hurts me to say anything in facebook’s defence, but to be fair this is an account centre link to an account config page

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I get that, and it makes sense. What pisses me off is that this is the type of information all users should have access to before they decide to sign up or not.

That sneaky shit is what made me start on the track of removing myself from all the mainstream networks out there.

this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024

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