The information Facebook has about you and every user and sells on to others

An experiment

Facebook’s ‘Secret’ File on You Is Bigger Than You Think

Facebook’s ‘Secret’ File on You Is Bigger Than You Think — Here’s How to View It

Facebook’s user data gathering prowess has been common knowledge for some time now, but one journalist’s impromptu experiment suggests it is even more ubiquitous and pervasive than previously believed. Nick Whigham,a reporter for the New Zealand Herald, decided to test out a feature on Facebook that allows users to download a ‘secret’ file showing how much personal history the company has gathered about them. What he discovered is that Facebook not only has disturbingly vast consumer profiles on all 1.4 billion daily users but also tracks the internet movement and personalities of people who don’t even log into the website

A large part of Facebook’s business model is selling the information it collects about users to advertisers. It’s free to us because we’re the product. Its algorithms track your posts, likes, shares, and preferences, of course, but they also track your overall Internet activity — the websites you go to, your operating system, your IP address, and comments you happen to leave on random forums — via social media plugins and cookies on third-party websites. Even if you’re not logged into Facebook, your browsing behavior is tracked by secret trackers called Pixels, which are embedded on over 10,000 websites. Sorry, social media Luddites — even if you’ve never used Facebook, your online activity is tracked everytime you merely visit a website that contains Facebook ads and trackers.

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I decided to do this experiment for myself and went through these instructions and within a short period of time I was able to peruse all the information that Facebook  has on me and is sold on to 3rd parties.

"To download your ‘secret’ Facebook file, click at the top right of Facebook’s navigation bar and select Settings. Then click “Download a copy of your Facebook data” beneath General Account Settings and click the green button. Then wait ten minutes and you should receive an email letting you know that “surveillance capitalism” is alive and well."

If you are a friend on Facebook you're right there!

All the apps I have installed on my computers are there - even the ones I've forgotten about

All the phone details of everyone I know (and also don't know) is available

Robin Westenra

Name	Contacts
Karina Ewert	contact: +64274179875
Gerald Westenra	contact: +64211687727
Nikki Wright	contact: +64272263517
Carole Christensen	contact: +64273233136
Rebecca Wilson	contact: +64274252494
Geoff Burns	contact: +642041205649
Angelique Carline	contact: +64273908838
Kathy Jack	contact: +64272435864
Peet Hoeksma	contact: +64275457489
Robert	contact: +64274301574

I don't use a smartphone but have been using Skype to make calls. All the details of every call I have made is there.

We all know that the police or security agents can go to our providers to get details of our cellphone and landline calls.

But here we are - this information is available, not just to police, but to anyone who pays for it.

Call History

Number:+6421878711

Call Type	Start time	Duration	Name	Number Label	Number Type
OUTGOING	2017-02-15 19:46:47	0			0

Number:+64275027519

Call Type	Start time	Duration	Name	Number Label	Number Type
MISSED	2017-02-09 17:54:16	0			0

Number:+64274838303

Call Type	Start time	Duration	Name	Number Label	Number Type
INCOMING	2016-11-18 16:34:36	74			0

Number:+64211687727

Call Type	Start time	Duration	Name	Number Label	Number Type
OUTGOING	2010-01-06 01:44:00	0			0

SMS History

Number:7246

SMS Type	Time
INBOX	2016-12-03 15:04:53
INBOX	2016-12-18 12:40:47

Number:+64211466421

SMS Type	Time
INBOX	2016-12-06 20:35:26
SENT	2016-12-06 20:36:59

Number:+64210381977

SMS Type	Time
INBOX	2016-11-14 20:25:34

Number:+64211687727

SMS Type	Time
SENT	2010-01-06 01:55:21
SENT	2010-01-05 21:02:58
SENT	2010-01-05 21:02:30
INBOX	2010-01-06 01:52:16

Number:+64274406999

The details of every message sent or received on Messenger (that we might have naively thought was private - except to the NSA et.al) is logged.

An example....

Here are "active sessions", along with ISP addresses

CONCLUSION

This is information that I can get about myself by applying to Facebook - with minimum security by the way.

Put this information into the hands of others and they can put together a personal profile and know more about me than I know about myself!