I hope people understand that it’s not JUST Facebook that keeps data, but all of them.
Google, Apple, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Imgur, Reddit, Tumblr, and a thousand other apps.
You can argue the nuances, and whether they admit to it or not, but if you read any EULA carefully, they always retain the right. In that case, assume they enforce the right is they only way to truly understand the extent of any possible damage to your privacy.
And let’s not forget the NSA is dumping ALL data going across the net. Unless encrypted, save packets can be read. And encryption algorithms can be broken. Also keep in mind that voice communications—telephone—are often carried over packet-switched networks nowadays and THAT data is archived with all the rest.
And remember that this site, Free Republic, is constantly scanned and indexed. Search Google on your own FReeper name and you’d be surprised. Every post is tabulated somewhere.
thanks. that was scary. I was on sites I forgot I signed up on.
I made the vikingkitties - Freeper Madness 2008 blog...should I be proud or ashamed ?
what is worse, is, if you just commented on a site or thread that has images, google shows those images as if they were yours