What you get from Facebook is only loosely referred to as "data." It's a collection of web pages (HTML) along with a handful of images and videos. It's more accurately the *content* I've inputted into Facebook. 2/
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About these #Zuckerberg questions regarding data download and portability. Last night I downloaded my 16MB Facebook data file, and you can do the same thing (https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467/ …). A few thoughts. 1/
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And about that HTML. It's possible to give meaningful structure (and thus some portability) to data in HTML, but Facebook has chosen not to give the data that structure. 3/
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There are also some notable omissions. 1) None of the comments I've written on my posts or other people's posts are included. Do I not "own" those comments? 4/
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2) None of my likes are included. Those likes were shared with Cambridge Analytica, but I can't download a record of them? 5/
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3) None of friends' images that I've been tagged in are included in my Facebook data download. 6/
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4) Congressman
@RepMcNerney just asked about the presence of browsing history in Facebook's data download. McNerney's staff and I saw the same thing: No browsing history in the data download. Zuckerberg said if it's not included, Facebook doesn't have it. Not true for me. 7/Show this thread -
5) Nothing about my location history is included. Does Facebook have *no information* about my location? 8/
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To sum up, it's interesting to see how Facebook makes privacy trade-offs when that sharing (i.e., portability) has the potential to hurt its business: Settings are private by default, no options to share more. 9/9
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Two important clarifications to this thread (thanks
@Will_Duffield). IP-inferred (but not GPS) location is in the Facebook download. And Zuckerberg clarified that browsing history is turned into ad interests (which are included). https://twitter.com/Will_Duffield/status/984439496329527296 …https://twitter.com/Will_Duffield/status/984499022160449536 …
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Since you're watching--who has been asking about portability? (I would love to talk with ya'll, or more accurately, plot with ya'll, on this issue ;-))
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This morning on the download issue, it was McNerney. The portability question came up yesterday, but not today explicitly, I don't think. (And yes, let's plot)
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Mysterious disappearance. The doc's description is more accurate than Zuckerberg's version: "Within the file you will have access to your profile information, a list of your friends, photos, videos and other content you've shared on your profile."
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Why Facebook’s data download feature sucks: a thread from
@ACLU_NorCal’s@snowjake
https://twitter.com/snowjake/status/984108319924105216 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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