I as of late quit Facebook yet chose to return for one last task: To discover specifically what Facebook thinks about me.
After some fast burrowing, I discovered that Facebook knows:
- Where I’m signed in and on what PC
- I like cell phones and am an early tech adopter
- I’ve clicked promotions for PC attachés
- I am destined to associate with advertisements from Lyft and Nike over others
- I’m liberal however like to find out about Republican news stories
- I’m hitched
- My birthday is in March
- I work for CNBC
- I will, in general, get to the interpersonal organization from a tablet or cell phone.
I gave a portion of this data to Facebook, while other information Facebook customer service assembled dependent on my connections.
I will deactivate my record once more, however, before I do I needed to walk you through how to discover what Facebook thinks about you, as well.
Before we begin, realize that you can click any picture underneath to see a bigger adaptation. We should go.
To begin with, open your Facebook page and tap “Settings” at that point “Promotions.”
This is the place you’ll see a collection of what Facebook thinks about you, including your interests, publicists you’ve associated with (did you like a post? Open a connect to an item Facebook demonstrated you?) and that’s just the beginning. Note that you’ll have the option to change the settings, as well, so you can mood killer intrigue based promotions, control who can see your communications with advertisements, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Facebook comprehends what you’re destined to collaborate with
Here, Facebook demonstrates to me the advertisements I may find in my news channel dependent on interests and applications I’ve signed into utilizing Facebook. Lyft, Netflix, Indiegogo, Warby Parker, Zillow, Nike, the “Web of Things” and others all showed up on my page.
Exchanging between the tabs, I found that Facebook likewise realizes I like dachshunds (I claim one, however, I don’t know how Facebook realizes that), recent developments, chickens (abnormal), fleece (mistaken) and merino (odd, since I as of late purchased a couple of Merino sweaters yet not through Facebook!)
It may know your ideological group
Facebook additionally demonstrates the ideological group in believes you’re an individual. To discover yours, tap the “way of life and culture” tab under your interests. Facebook believes I’m keen on the Republican Party. That is wrong, so I surmise this is a success for me regarding security.
It knows your propensities
Facebook can give your data to promoters dependent on whether you’re hitched or not, who you’re utilized by, your title, your training and that’s just the beginning. It knows where I work, where I went to class and that I’m hitched, however mostly because I told it so when I arrange my profile. Here, you can see that these were altogether flipped to “On.”
Facebook’s page demonstrates that it realizes my birthday is in March – something I input so I can get the Happy Birthday posts on my birthday every year – yet besides realizes that I’m a continuous voyager, that I’m drawn in customer and that I’m a tech early adopter.
All obvious. It even says my ideological group slants liberal, which is odd since that repudiates the prior ideological group proposal. It likewise knows, because of my gadget utilization, that I’m in all probability utilizing 4G or Wi-Fi associations, lean toward Google’s Chrome internet browser and generally get to the system from cell phones or tablets.
Facebook utilizes this data to “help sponsors contact individuals who are well on the way to be keen on their items, administrations, and causes.” Facebook says it assembles this data depends on what I’ve given my Facebook action.
It knows your area and the PC or telephone you use to get to Facebook
Facebook’s “Security and Login” page demonstrates where you’re signed in and on what PC. It realizes I’m at present utilizing a Windows PC from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, where CNBC base camp is. It likewise indicates where my past gadgets have signed in, right back to a Motorola telephone I utilized in Los Angeles in January. Together, Facebook realizes I’ve been to Los Angeles, the place where I grew up in New Jersey, Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Newark, and my office. Sort of unpleasant.
It knows the promotions you clicked dependent on these propensities
Facebook knows the precise promotions I tapped on a particular day, enabling it to take this information and better target new advertisements to you. I’ve clicked advertisements for iPhone cases, new packs and cell phones over the previous year.
It realizes what you did years prior
On the off chance that you tap the “On This Day” choice under “Investigate” on the left tab of Facebook, it’ll demonstrate to you what you were up to years back, regardless of whether you didn’t post about it. Facebook aggregates data from different clients who have labeled you in areas, photographs and that’s just the beginning, and afterward demonstrates you precisely what you were doing at a particular point in time. I shrouded the vast majority of this in my photograph above for security, however, I can see pictures of myself from secondary school that was posted by my companions years back.
That is the data that Facebook indicates it thinks about you. On the off chance that you think that its somewhat frightening, here’s how to deactivate your Facebook account.