Earlier this summer I received a warning from Meta Quest that my 19 year old account was being used by a child.* They wanted me to confirm my age by sending them a photo of a government ID or credit card, which I was reluctant to do. Hence they suspended my Facebook, Instagram and Messenger account, I let the reactivation period lapse.

I'm actually glad it happened, this was the push I needed to de-Facebook my life. Luckily I had already downloaded and deleted most of my data from the services.

* I still don't know what caused this, it could be that my kids' use of a Quest headset on my account was analyzed in some way.

#Meta #Facebook #deFacebook #deleteFacebook #deMeta #deleteMeta #deInstagram #deleteInstagram

Finally got through the process of downloading my old Facebook and couple of Instagram accounts data today. Pretty extensive! Had wait several days on Facebook alone.

Just clicked to confirm deletion of ALL my Meta accounts and couldn't be happier!

I have also mostly finished moving all +200 online accounts using my various gmail and outlook emails over to Proton Mail aliases! Coming for you next Google and Microsoft, so watch out!

It's hard work, but take back your data, privacy, and peace of mind from these big tech companies that profit from your doomscrolling and selling your data!

Thanks to all the folks on here, Reddit, and YouTube that have given insight, especially @techlore. Thank you!

#privacy #dataprivacy #demeta #degoogle #degoogled #defacebook #deinstagram #deletefacebook #deletegoogle #digitalrights #mydatamychoice #privacyisahumanright #surveillancecapitalism #optout #protonmail #FOSS #fediverse

Please, please disconnect from Meta
Please, please disconnect from Meta

You are the ones who can change the world....

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#demeta #deleteFacebook #deinstagram #fuckmeta #privacy #ai

Cyberdisintossicazione in 21 giorni.

https://www.optoutproject.net/tags/cleanse/

Ve lo lascio perché mi sono sorpreso a leggerlo avidamente, manco fosse un buon libro (infatti forse andrebbe convertito in eBook).

Anche se è lievemente arretrato su qualche punto, credo dia degli ottimi spunti, e anche un'idea su come suddividere le varie attività nell'arco di 3 settimane appunto.

L'ordine dei post è incasinato, ma comunque c'è tutto

#deGoogle #deFacebook #deInstagram #deMicrosoft #deAmericanize