In the previous few years, Facebook became a huge social platform owing to many social media such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and many others. Over 1.7 billion people only use Facebook daily and in total, 2.6 billion users are using this social media platform. But this is also an enormous reason that Facebook has a lot of data related to these users who are from different countries or cultures. Does it raise many questions, such as how many parts of user privacy are shared on Facebook? What do they know about us? Can they harm our safety or privacy? Can they know what we are having in our minds? These all questions are important to be answered, especially after many data security experts claiming that the company is using data. The answer is yes, Facebook knows even more than your any close friend, but how? There are two different points on this which are little unclear because according to the Facebook they only have information what user is willing to give them. But then how they can show us ads of our interest do they record our activities? Many privacy experts, again and again, complain about Facebook and even there are many scams (for example- Cambridge Analytica scam) in which even the founder of Facebook was in problem. Still, Facebook can get users’ trust and they give a lot of information to it which they use for marketing. And even if they track what pages are you going through or what content you watch, it doesn’t go to affect you (until you do nothing which you must not). What Information does Facebook gather? It is very common that Facebook knows things about your family or friend; you shared about on your page but if you don’t know Facebook, don’t stop here. They know more than they tell you as they gather all the information about your profile pictures, Your political preferences, your browsing information, and what data your device hold, they always keep an eye on what action you perform on that social media platform, and where you are. Here is a glimpse of what and how Facebook knows about you. Learning about your activities Facebook knows what you are doing on their social media and even what your kids are texting on Facebook Messenger Kids, Facebook needs to gather all the information you share on Facebook even to and what you are texting as they cleared it in their privacy policy that they can check content or communication to make sure you are doing things right. Facebook tracks whom you are friends with or from where you are getting friend requests and where they are from. So nothing you share on Facebook is private. Tracking everything Yes, you heard it right, it does not limit Facebook to their platform, and they track what you are doing on any social media platform or even on the internet. It even tracks the people who are not using Facebook or never even signed in on the platform but not only Facebook. Almost every social media does, but like the fact says, mostly Facebook data is misused or leaked. The question which comes is how? The answer is as simple as Facebook or Google can track data through tracking tools that activated the minute you open it. It tracks what you kind of apps are you using with that unique Id and what app a person uses can easily tell what kind of person you really are. When the applications share data with each other, even if you do not use these apps like Facebook, Instagram, or google (which is impossible nowadays) they know a lot about you. Other reports say it is easy to track a person with the help of tracking their friend and their choices, so if you want to know about a person, you can tell it by tracking what kind of person they are spending time with or they like. The purpose behind tracking a person is simply to understand their political views, their religious believers and what products they are interested in. However, at various times these social media tracking are misused and create major problems. Collecting Devices details Facebook also collects all the technical details about your device such as what kind of Wi-Fi or broadcasting network you use, what is the time or location you are on, or what is IP address you are on. It also tracks your internet speed and with the help of these facts, it can also tell who you are living with. It also tracks the activity of your device so that they can know what ads you may be interested in and can you use it to make profits. Your financial transactions and transfers This may be used against a user but when you ever fill any detail on any social media platform, they can record your details such as account number, card number and other card details which is a sensitive data but many times Facebook can use it such as If it knows you are spending on books mostly, it will launch more ads on the latest books and can make a profit on it. Who are partners of Facebook, and what power do they have? Facebook has very huge partners who have a lot of powers; they can even share the information you share or ever share on Facebook. If we talk about the MMM marketing power partner program, there are 18 partners of Facebook in this such as Accenture, Spotify, and Analytic Edge. They know where you are. As already explained above, Facebook tracks your IP address and the locations of your device. So Facebook knows your location even if you don’t share your location with them. They can easily know where you are from with the help of GPS on your phone, but if GPS is not on, they can still track you with Wi-Fi or network or with the help of an IP address. Sometimes tracking locations of Desktop can be hard, but most of the people use their phone to use social media and it takes a second to track your location. How to track what Facebook knows about you?
- You can track your details through “settings” where you will get an option “Your Facebook Information” by left-clicking on Menu.
- You can get all your information by generating a copy of your details and also can have access to your information and delete it (but it can recover easily by Facebook)
