You need a fake FB account like I have (paired with an email account used just for that purpose). Create the FB account from a library wifi or somewhere. I created my FB account using a geographic name because I didn’t want to use a person’s name that someone might really have. Put in the bare minimum amount of information: fake, of course. Don’t ever “friend” anyone or post anything — just read others’ stuff. Have been doing this for years without compromising any of my information (other than IP address as a user).
And also, use Firefox/Noscript or comparable to block FB widgets and information harvesting.
> You need a fake FB account like I have (paired with an email account used just for that purpose). Create the FB account from a library wifi or somewhere. I created my FB account using a geographic name because I didn’t want to use a person’s name that someone might really have. Put in the bare minimum amount of information: fake, of course. Don’t ever “friend” anyone or post anything — just read others’ stuff. Have been doing this for years without compromising any of my information (other than IP address as a user).
Will fool the public but not the NSA (not that any of us are trying to)