Farcebook - any truth in the rumours about privacy
 

Hi all,

Forgive my ignorance as a bit of a techno-numpty but is there any truth in the posts that are flying round about today / tomorrow (29 / 30 Jan 2019) being the date after which FB can use your data, pics, deleted posts etc, WITHOUT your permission or knowledge?

E.G. this just popped up on a friends timeline, and the apparant need to do something about it, as below

..... " I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). " .....

Is there any truth in this please?

Or indeed in this:

" I have a whole new news feed. I’m seeing posts from people I haven’t seen in years.
Here’s how to bypass the system FB now has in place that limits posts on your news feed.
Their new algorithm chooses the same few people - about 25 - who will read your posts. Therefore,
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy". Then go your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click paste.
This will bypass the system. "

Apologies if this is Janet and John stuff for those who understand IT and social media better than I, and I hope you don't mind me asking such a basic question on here.

Thanks in advance for any replies and suggestions

CS

Both have been doing the rounds for a while on FB now. I have ignored them.
I would think that if anyone was really bothered about what was going to happen to their photos on FB, the obvious solution would be to not post their photos on FB... :)

Just Google UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute..... and you find it is complete nonsense!

Who needs Farcebook anyway ?

No, there's no truth in it. You can't revoke permission for Facebook to use your data and content because... you have to give permission for them to do so to operate the service. Terms & conditions 3.3:

Basically, they couldn't operate without such permission. For example, in the case when you upload a photo they resize and recompress it and forward it to various datacentres where it can be cached for quick loading. That covers hosting, copying, publicly performing, and creating derivative works for that single use-case alone.

Protesting against that is a bit like 'denying' an airline the 'right' to touch your suitcase yet demanding that they adhere to their contract of carriage.

The route to ensuring privacy and confidentiality on ANY web service is to independently and individually encrypt your data. But that makes it difficult to share, and the service can still see metadata about your network of contacts.

To quote WOPR: "The only winning move is not to play"

Facebook by its very nature is the opposite of private. Use it accordingly......

Facebook has one product - you.