We have repeatedly mentioned Facebook's data collection. Let's remember that the social network has approximately two billion users and has unlimited data that it collects from most of us every day.
The social network is constantly trying to keep us more and more on its pages or on other services owned by Facebook such as Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram.
The longer Facebook can keep users on its pages, the more data it can collect from each of us.
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This data is what makes advertisers interested in showing up on the platform, and ultimately that's what brings the dollars to Facebook's coffers.
And it's something Mark Zuckerberg does very well. He increases the chances of interaction with ads, thus driving up the demand for advertisers who drive Facebook's revenue skyrocketing. Of course, it's all down to the end user, whose life has really been put into boxes!
Of course, what you will see below is a fraction of the information Facebook has on me, but I think it is much more than what people you have never met need to know.
To see the very interesting information, when you open the above page, click on More
and immediately after that in Your Information – Categories
At a glance, you can see what kind of smartphone you use, your underlying operating system and browser, your travel habits, and even your political leanings.
Predictions for ads that “move” you are made based on the pages you like, your posts, your friends’ preferences, your location, your career, and even how you interact with other accounts or ads – on and off Facebook.
It should be emphasized that this data is made available by Facebook to advertisers.
Tip: if you think deleting all the data you see in the boxes will lead to fewer ads, you're wrong. It will just lead to ads that aren't targeted to you...
