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| Facebook...I keep getting 'do you know xxx'?, in my Yahoo mail. Is this because someone looked at my site? I very rarely use Facebook- just for particular communicating with a couple friends, but I do not search or 'surf' on Facebook. Maybe FBI wasn't such a great idea! |
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- Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on Sat, Dec 22, 12 at 3:59
| it's just facebook being facebook sending out their spam. I don't have fb don't do fb and I get their crud too. I ignore it and send directly to spam can. |
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| Yup Facebook trying to drum up business. I too direct those straight into the Spam folder, and I do not have an account with them just lots of friends according to their reckoning. Linkedin can be another pest but slightly less so than FB. |
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| Open an new email account and change your facebook email to the new email account. That you never visit. |
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| I have tried it a couple of times, but it's not for me. I used it once with an alias to locate a great grandson, worked great for that. |
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- Posted by acraftylady (My Page) on Sat, Dec 22, 12 at 22:25
| Well I finally signed up for a facebook account a few months ago. I had resisted only because I didn't feel like learning something new right now and for me if someone wants to share something they can just email me a photo or text me on my phone or send a tweet which I can get on my phone. I signed up because I found out the one slot machine I love to play at the casino the gaming company had a facebook page and I could play a few of there games there for fun so I bit the bullet and signed up. I have everything blocked and don't want to friend anyone or get into that so only go on to play my game and that works for me. I have since found a few more slots from other gaming companies I am addicted to on there. Mary |
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- Posted by breenthumb (My Page) on Sun, Dec 23, 12 at 14:05
| I have a FB acct with a yahoo addy I use for things like this and send them right to junk also. Seldom use either of them and I specifically logged out when I left FB but haven't been able to find LOG OUT lately. Is that no longer an option? |
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| breenthumb, FB keeps changing things around.....guess they want to keep us on our toes. Anyway the "logout" is still up in the right hand corner except it is now a little wheel thing instead of an arrow. Just click on it and you get the drop-down box where "Log-Out" is. BTW; You should ALWAYS log-out when you leave AND close the browser! I understand they have cookies that can track where you go after you leave if you don't close and open a new browser. Practice "safe surfing" always!!! |
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- Posted by breenthumb (My Page) on Wed, Dec 26, 12 at 17:15
| msm84, So they hid it, huh? Good to know I can log out again. I always felt they were tracking too. Thanks for the help. |
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- Posted by chuggerguy 9B/10A Vero Beach (My Page) on Wed, Dec 26, 12 at 17:43
"... You should ALWAYS log-out when you leave AND close the browser! I understand they have cookies that can track where you go after you leave if you don't close and open a new browser...." I know I should but... I seldom remember. I do use this Adblock Plus rule though, which I think helps thwart their efforts at tracking me:
If it works like I think, it blocks facebook from serving me content from anywhere other than their own domain. I tried it with Google but I lost embedded videos and maps on too many sites. I don't consider it a safety issue, just a matter of "It's really none of their business." |
This post was edited by chuggerguy on Wed, Dec 26, 12 at 17:48
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| I don't consider it a safety issue, just a matter of "It's really none of their business." I agree, but there are way to many "IFY" websites that appear to be legit and are not and I sure don't want them appearing on my FB page! My theory is to not trust any website you are not sure about *lol* |
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