Is it an “invasion” if you give it your “invitation”??

@Ungod It is if you don't know what you're doing when you "invite" them.

Then that’s YOUR mistake!

In any event, you can UNinvite them anytime you like!

@Ungod You don't have a real good grasp on this internet thing do you Ungod? Once your information is out there you ain't getting it back.

[QUOTE] [guidingtech.com]

[T]he way Facebook can snoop into your privacy is downright creepy.
Every app requires a certain degree of permissions from the user to access either your contacts (in the case of apps like Truecaller), images (in the case of photo-sharing apps like Instagram) and the likes.

Similarly, Facebook also requires certain permissions from your device in order to be able to function to its optimum level but these permissions account for almost all of the permissions that any of the apps need.

To give you a brief idea, you allow the Facebook apps to access:

Your contacts, call logs, text messages. This essentially means that the company can see who all are in your contacts, call them, message them and also see who you’ve been in contact with. The app can also make modifications in your device’s calendar.
Your location, which enables them to know where you are.

Your camera, which means the app has permission to click images, record videos and audio via the microphone too.

Your internal storage, which means they can see files on your phone as well as delete them.
The app can access your WiFi, change the wallpaper, network connectivity and much more.
In short, the amount of access that the Facebook app enjoys on your device almost equals the amount of access you do.
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[QUOTE] [techcrunch.com]

Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported

Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or their friends, or contact local first-responders. By using AI to flag worrisome posts to human moderators instead of waiting for user reports, Facebook can decrease how long it takes to send help.

Facebook previously tested using AI to detect troubling posts and more prominently surface suicide reporting options to friends in the U.S. Now Facebook is will scour all types of content around the world with this AI, except in the European Union, where General Data Protection Regulation privacy laws on profiling users based on sensitive information complicate the use of this tech.

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The idea of Facebook proactively scanning the content of people’s posts could trigger some dystopian fears about how else the technology could be applied. Facebook didn’t have answers about how it would avoid scanning for political dissent or petty crime, with Rosen merely saying “we have an opportunity to help here so we’re going to invest in that.” There are certainly massive beneficial aspects about the technology, but it’s another space where we have little choice but to hope Facebook doesn’t go too far.
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[QUOTE] [bloomberg.com]
Facebook Inc.’s software knows your face almost as well as your mother does. And like mom, it isn’t asking your permission to do what it wants with old photos.

While millions of internet users embrace the tagging of family and friends in photos, others worried there’s something devious afoot are trying block Facebook as well as Google from amassing such data.

As advances in facial recognition technology give companies the potential to profit from biometric data, privacy advocates see a pattern in how the world’s largest social network and search engine have sold users’ viewing histories for advertising. The companies insist that gathering data on what you look like isn’t against the law, even without your permission.

Facebook encourages users to "tag" people in photographs they upload in their personal posts and the social network stores the collected information. The company uses a program it calls DeepFace to match other photos of a person. Alphabet Inc.’s cloud-based Google Photos service uses similar technology.

The billions of images Facebook is thought to be collecting could be even more valuable to identity thieves than the names, addresses, and credit card numbers now targeted by hackers, according to privacy advocates and legal experts.

While those types of information are mutable -- even Social Security numbers can be changed -- biometric data for retinas, fingerprints, hands, face geometry and blood samples, are unique identifiers.

“Biometric identifiers are a key way to link together information about people,” such as discrete financial, medical and educational records, said Marc Rotenberg, the president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, who isn’t involved in the case. Facebook has “cleverly got its users to improve the accuracy of its own database,” he said.

And just how good is Facebook’s technology? According to the company’s research, DeepFace recognizes faces with an accuracy rate of 97.35 percent compared with 97.5 percent for humans -- including mothers.

Rotenberg said the privacy concerns are twofold: Facebook might sell the information to retailers or be forced to turn it over to law enforcement -- in both cases without users knowing it.
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I don’t have ANY of these problems!

WHY do you give them correct information about yourself?!!

WHY do you give them access to YOUR files?!!

WHY do you take FB seriously?!!

You know these things are going on but you INVITE them into your life?

I use a completely separate email address with made up personal information!

They can’t “invade” your world if you protect your borders and don’t INVITE them in!

I suggest you build a WALL...

You don’t even have to pay for it!!

The app is off my phone. I still use Messenger but will be relieved to leave the insanity of FB behind for a while. Glad we can use this site to have our discussions instead!!!

Messenger operates separately from FB...but you have to sign in -through- FB. I did that the last couple of months after I deactivated my account because I was selling a family property and the group chat feature was a lifesaver.

@Highway-Starr Yeah, signing back in to facebook is how to re-enable facebook after disabling it.

@ElizabethI - Somehow it didn't re-activate the FB account I had deactivated though, that I know of anyway.

Ok..I've snuck back in. Have not done anything. Checked my updates. I had to message someone......no phone #. Funny thing is....I don't want to stick around. It's almost like I am creeping around someplace that doesn't belong to me.

You can leave the messenger app installed. It will work on its own.

Yes, Messenger operates as an independent app. But you may have to sign in -through- Facebook if you clear your cache or restart your computer.