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Forced to use Facebook to interact with local groups and businesses. How do I keep my data safe? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by christov to c/[email protected]

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I'm a big advocate for data privacy and I left Facebook many years ago without feeling the need to go back. However, there's several local groups and a couple of local businesses that specifically communicate via Facebook that I'd like to interact with.

This presents a problem - I have to use the platform to interact with these people but I don't want to use the platform. So how do I keep my data safe from Zucks greedy hands? So far I'm thinking:

use a throwaway email or email that is specifically for fb
only access via Firefox inprivate browser and use addons to clean cookies after every session
utilise ad blockers in said browser
set fb privacy settings accordingly to opt out of ad personalisation, othrr site fb logins etc
potentially only access via VPN but that might be cumbersome
maybe do all of this via android work profile but not sure if that's much benefit

Anything else I can do to remain reasonably safe?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

First of all, figure out your threat model. What data are you trying to keep secret from Facebook? What will happen to you if Facebook gets that data? What lengths are reasonable to prevent that outcome?

Then figure out how to consistently prevent that data from leaking.

I don't want Facebook knowing my address, name, age, and face - basically I don't want to be doxxed. I'm not willing to go through the effort of hiding my IP, so I'm willing to give up on that, but the others are easy enough to lie about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The assumption that there is only one kind of threat model relevant to a person / business is a bad assumption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

If you have different threat models for different data, then you should enumerate them and work through each.