> because you can't actually delete it
You can. At least, this seemed to work effectively for me:
You can. At least, this seemed to work effectively for me:
1) Obfuscate the private view by liking everything. This raises the signal-to-noise ratio exponentially and surely makes it hard(er) for "them" to characterize you. The longer you do this for, the more effective this strategy will be I would think.
2) Delete from public view.
If you want to have any real effect, you'd need to provide a fake but plausible signal, not noise.
Be interesting to see if any of the Facebook privacy lawsuits help Facebook to delete that data when they're asked to.
> In theory, deleting your account immediately removes all Facebook data related to you. In reality it's more complicated, taking about a month.
> Even data tagged for deletion can still take 90 days to be deleted.
> "‘It typically takes about one month to delete an account, but some information may remain in backup copies and logs for up to 90 days.’" — Facebook Data Use Policy.
> Allegations of complicity with US National Security Agency surveillance suggest that your data may never truly be deleted.
the last of which links to the Glenn Greenwald PRISM article:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-...
The article says the NSA has "direct access" to Facebook systems, but doesn't mention Facebook deletion policy. If the NSA has a copy of your data, we can't really expect Facebook to be responsible for deleting it.
By my reading of the page, deleting your Facebook account functionally deletes your account immediately (that is, you no longer appear on Facebook) and after the two-week deactivation period, if you don't reactive your account, your data will be deleted within 90 days.
Of course, if any of this is true, I have no idea.