I deleted my account a couple of years ago.
Before doing so, I updated the following to bogus values:
- email address
- DOB (wasn’t accurate anyway, but I changed it to be “off” by about 10 years)
- profile photo and background
- education background
- location information
I also deleted all photos and posts, but as others have mentioned, they are likely still in the fb databases.
They may still have my old email, dob, etc, but changing them does add a layer of obscurity to the current record.
I started out with a dummy email account I use just for such things. I never use it for real. And I had a pseudonym for a name. Never uploaded any pictures of myself. Used a false DOB and place...................
Excellent suggestion!
April 1, 1900 for birthday. Facebook phone number to report abuse for my phone number.
Bravo! That’s the way to do it. Enough bogus data will damage their business model.
I like my procedure better. My entire profile was false
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Someday you’ll get prosecuted for lying to the snoops!
Agreed! I never provide identifying data.
Some guy built an app, but this could be done manually (??)
The app goes into ALL of your Facebook content and injects words/numbers/symbols to corrupt the content and block Facebook algorythims from harvesting useful data.
The process is repeated over a period of three to four months. This ensures the Facebook backups of your data are also completely corrupted and of no value.
Then, you can deactivate or delete your account.