Everyone knows the world ’s vainglorious websites profit off user data . It ’s specially true on Facebook , where users volitionally hand over intimate inside information about their life . But with a feature play up bythe Independent , you may get a glimpse of what variety of information Facebook has about your lifespan , as well as see a crapload of the things you ’ve done on the social connection .
So , what is Facebook hive away ? in reality , quite a bit . It ranges from detail about your computer and location , to every position you ’ve ever made , including ones you ’ve deleted . They also stack away the gens of every booster that you ’ve unfriended ( but not the ones who have unfriended you . That ’s still just a fable tell by spambots ) .
Getting the data point is easy . Start by heading over to " mount . "
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In " scene , " find oneself the tie-in that say " Download a transcript of your Facebook data point . " Click that . On the next page , click the big green button that says " Download Archive . "
Then you wait .
Facebook zip up your data into a undivided cipher file cabinet and emails it to you . Depending on how much data you have in there , it could take five to 10 minutes .
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Inside you ’re going to have a ton of intimidating file on your hand , once you relax . But the good tribe at Facebook do n’t just hump how to collect your datum ; they lie with how to organize it for easy viewing .
The files arrive in HTML format . overt " index.htm " and you could access all of the Indian file right from the internet web internet browser of your selection .
Right on that chief power Sir Frederick Handley Page , you ’re going to see a lot of thing Facebook knows about you . That include the day you registered , personal information like your birthday , and a list of family penis ( that let in the gens of family members who sent you a asking , but were ignored ) .
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It also has all of your past relationship . I never added any relationships until the one that ’s there , but if you ’ve leave a wasteland of forgotten relationships in your viewing , they ’ll all be there in a class called " Past Relationships " underneath " Relationship Status . "
Also include are past employers ( even if you ’ve deleted them ) , pageboy you ’ve liked , medicine and movies you ’ve said you like , groups and networks you ’ve joined , apps you ’ve give memory access to your visibility ( even if you discontinued their approach ) , and any Page you admin ( only current ones ) .
Next up is the start of your personal house of horror ( depending on how you feel about those " Past Relationships " ): The timeline .
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It ’s got everything . What you posted , who you friended , and what others have post on your wall , all the way back to your Facebook babyhood .
Mine begins with this weirdly ominous substance from some nameless individual . I really have no mind what this is about , but my first turn as a denizen of Facebook was to be touch about a damage picture and I hazard my Mom stole someone ’s ledger ?
Next up , a chronicle of all your photos . Each photo ( all of ‘em ) , includes the data Facebook holds with those photos , like the date uploaded , IP address it was upload from , details on the equipment it was uploaded from , and , if you have that feature turned on ( I do not , so it ’s not pictured above ) the location the photo was taken at . It also has " Facial Recognition Data " on those pic .
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In the " Friends " section there ’s a lengthy ( or not extended ) list of your booster . At the bottom of that inclination is a list of people you post admirer requests who never answer or declined ( I cerebrate we hit it off , Gene ) , a leaning of people who sent you friend petition but you never responded to or declined ( who are you , Lisa?),a list of Friend that you have un - friended , and all the people who follow you .
There ’s also this strange " Friend Peer Group " denomination that peg who you are , most likely for advertizing purposes , but show like judgmental fortune cookies with gyre like " Starting Adult life story " or " Established Adult Life . "
Also in the download is message history ( easier to sift on the existent site ) , a history of jabbing ( recollect those ? ) , " Mobile web Connection Quality " data , issue you ’ve been invited to or attended , and a list of study reply .
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Under the " Security " link there ’s a massive list of every time you ’ve sign into Facebook , sodding with the date and time ( yikes ) , your IP address ( yikes ) , details on your web web browser ( yikes ) , " recognize automobile , " and more .
There ’s a fate in there and you could sift it for hours . It ’s a good monitor that Facebook friends and publicly declaring you love Psy are temporary , but Facebook ’s data point isforever .
This information will be laid out under each photo.|Dustin Nelson
