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Brace yourselves: Whilst deleting my Facebook account, I downloaded all 13+ years of data they had on me. This is what I found.
A thread
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A thread
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12,439 logged IP addresses 
and 8,238 logged coordinates 
Taking out the dupes, thatās a scary total of 2,217 unique locations
whatās doubly concerning isā¦
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and 8,238 logged coordinates Taking out the dupes, thatās a scary total of 2,217 unique locations
whatās doubly concerning isā¦2/
Iāve actually never been to America, Dhaka, Beijing or Tokyo... 
so, I wonder why Facebook thinks I did?
Things get really wild when you zoom in on my home country
For those of ya needing to know where the motorways are, I got you covered.
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so, I wonder why Facebook thinks I did?Things get really wild when you zoom in on my home country
For those of ya needing to know where the motorways are, I got you covered.3/
There know about 2946 āinteractionsā (such as purchases) that I made OUTSIDE of Facebook.
As a rule, I *never* use Facebook to log in to anything.
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As a rule, I *never* use Facebook to log in to anything.
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Turns out, Facebook categorises all of us. I'm āStarting Adult Lifeā, with 215 interests 
Some are spot-on
ā¢ Snowboarding
ā¢ Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy
ā¢ Buckfast Tonic Wine
ā¢ Age of Empires
On the other handā¦
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Some are spot-on
ā¢ Snowboarding
ā¢ Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy
ā¢ Buckfast Tonic Wine
ā¢ Age of Empires
On the other handā¦
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Some, not so much...
ā¢ Football (sorry)
ā¢ The Bible (I'd prob burn if I looked at one)
ā¢ Xi Jinping
Some are just odd.
ā¢ Water Transportation
ā¢ Costumes
ā¢ Carbohydrate
ā¢ Rainwater harvesting
Heartfelt sympathies to all those poor advertisers targeting me with these.
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ā¢ Football (sorry)
ā¢ The Bible (I'd prob burn if I looked at one)
ā¢ Xi Jinping
Some are just odd.
ā¢ Water Transportation
ā¢ Costumes
ā¢ Carbohydrate
ā¢ Rainwater harvesting
Heartfelt sympathies to all those poor advertisers targeting me with these.
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Pretty shocked to find that 619 different advertisers have *uploaded* my details into Facebook over the years 
Not sure Iāve even bought from that many places tbh...
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Not sure Iāve even bought from that many places tbh...
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There are a few things here that I definitely gave my permission to without thinkingā¦
Apologies to the 558 people in my contacts, Facebook has alllll yo deets.
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Apologies to the 558 people in my contacts, Facebook has alllll yo deets.
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Over the years, Iāve:
ā¢ savagely removed 470 friends
ā¢ watched 227 films
ā¢ and been invited to 268 events
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ā¢ savagely removed 470 friends
ā¢ watched 227 films
ā¢ and been invited to 268 events
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Itās been a wild ride FB, see ya 
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10/10
