Does FB keylog?

2017-01-19 at 5:07 AM UTC

#1

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

Any time I chat with someone on FB I tend to make a long initial post and modify it. Sometimes the initial post is more than I actually care to reveal to this person. Even though the post wasnt sent do you think that this text typed in a box was kept by the FB powers that be? Or would holding that much text be too much for FB datacenters.

Asking 4 a frend.

2017-01-19 at 5:19 AM UTC

#2

Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

Type in your private conversation to someone, some keywords, the more general the better. I know a guy from another forum that did exactly that and the next day he had adds for the keywords they used.

Also, on a more technical note, every place that offers some sort of message history kind of has to log what you say by default.

Daily reminder that FB is BorgNet.

2017-01-19 at 5:24 AM UTC

#3

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

Originally posted by Sophie and the next day he had adds for the keywords they used.

What do you mean by this? Should I type in some shit and look at what ads and suggested pages I get? And even if that is the case it does not point to how long the log is kept.

2017-01-19 at 5:28 AM UTC

#4

Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

Originally posted by thelittlestnigger What do you mean by this? Should I type in some shit and look at what ads and suggested pages I get? And even if that is the case it does not point to how long the log is kept.

Assume they keep everything forever. And what i meant was you could put it to the test by using certain keywords and taking note of the adds. Anyway, you should just assume FB is an adversary, assume they log everything, and assume they mean you harm.

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Merlin

2017-01-19 at 5:38 AM UTC

#5

aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

would've said that it's not possible given it's a website, but with event polling it actually is, same goes for their phone applications.

on one hand it seems unnecessary and dumb to store so much data that's effectively 'scratch' anyway, but on the other it would be useful to them for extracting marketing data if they could reconcile the cost of storing and processing it against possible profitability

actually I have a friend that work/s/ed for facebook, might be worth asking him

2017-01-19 at 5:39 AM UTC

#6

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

well he is a jedi

if zuckerberg runs for president next i'm going to live in a really deep hole

2017-01-19 at 6:42 AM UTC

#7

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

Originally posted by aldra actually I have a friend that work/s/ed for facebook, might be worth asking him

Would be top notch lad

2017-01-19 at 8:18 AM UTC

#8

-SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

As long as you are logged into Facebook, Facebook tracks everything you do in your browser. Same with many other major service providers, such as YouTube and Google. Always log out when you're done.

2017-01-19 at 2:38 PM UTC

#9

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

I knew a lady who worked at Facebook and she told me "silk road" was a keyword so we just said "SR" on my meth page (among Admins in private)

Or the yellow brick road.

2017-01-19 at 2:50 PM UTC

#10

mmQ Lisa Turtle

Juzt uze a z inztead of an s and you zhould be good to go.

2017-01-19 at 2:52 PM UTC

#11

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

Search "zup" in niggasin space ;)

2017-01-20 at 1:28 AM UTC

#12

Merlin Houston

What's the saying again... around juden you losen.

Of course they do, not only do they do so, but they are completely open about it.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/12/facebook-collects-conducts-research-on-status-updates-you-never-post/
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/12/facebook_self_censorship_what_happens_to_the_posts_you_don_t_publish.html

Adam Kramer, a data scientist at Facebook, and Sauvik Das, a summer Facebook intern, tracked two things for the study: the HTML form element where users enter original status updates or upload content and the comment box that allows them to add to the discussion of things other people have posted. A “self-censored” update counted as an entry into either of those boxes of more than five characters that was typed out but not submitted for at least the next 10 minutes.

It's also cheaper to store data forever than it is to determine what data should be deleted and what data should be kept.

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2017-01-20 at 4:18 AM UTC

#13

Lanny Bird of Courage

Originally posted by -SpectraL As long as you are logged into Facebook, Facebook tracks everything you do in your browser. Same with many other major service providers, such as YouTube and Google. Always log out when you're done.

You're an idiot who doesn't know how browsers work

2017-01-20 at 4:18 AM UTC

#14

Lanny Bird of Courage

or what an operating system is for that matter

2017-01-20 at 4:21 AM UTC

#15

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

you're getting troled

2017-01-20 at 10:03 AM UTC

#16

-SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

Originally posted by Lanny or what an operating system is for that matter

This is the part where I tell you you don't scare me in the least. You do know that, kid, don't you?

2017-01-20 at 2:34 PM UTC

#17

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

Originally posted by Lanny You're an idiot who doesn't know how browsers work

We know, we know, you're an expert. It's sad that you have to troll an autistic delusional old man by one upping him with tech knowledge to prove that to us.

2017-01-20 at 5:18 PM UTC

#18

-SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

Originally posted by greenplastic We know, we know, you're an expert. It's sad that you have to troll an autistic delusional old man by one upping him with tech knowledge to prove that to us.

Listen, you. I was setting up init strings in 1200 baud modems before you were even born. Have some respect, you know? And give Lanny a break. He just became a man not long ago.

2017-01-20 at 6:19 PM UTC

#19

Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]

Lol at suggesting that storing text would require any significant amount of disk space.

2017-01-20 at 7:36 PM UTC

#20

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

Also it can be compressed

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