Facebook announced recently that in response to recent events they are rolling out its activity monitor that is in part designed to help Facebook users manage and delete anything they posted using Facebook.
In addition, on March 29 2018 Facebook announced that they are suspending its partnership with many third party data providers. This might give some users the illusion, that what they post using Facebook, is now protected.
One of the more popular services that websites use from Facebook, is the Facebook comments plugin. Sites like BuzzFeed are amongst the approximately 400,000 websites that utilize the plugin to allow its visitors to post comments on their websites.
Facebook’s new update does in fact allow its users to see all the sites they posted comments on and delete the comments. However, this is very misleading as Facebook DOES NOT remove the comment from the actual site. Most users would assume that is they delete a comment from Facebook, it is deleted from the source site as well.
Data miners have been using the Facebook comment plugin to profile you , and now it is even harder to remove comments online as once you remove ir from your feed you have no idea where or how to find these comments.
Comments link directly to your Facebook and companies have been selling this data and using it to profile you. Companies even search your footprint online before hiring to see what you believe. After searching some of these comments using the tool below we were surprised at the extreme nature of these comments all directly linking to peoples personal Facebook page.
The Company that just launched a new social, anonymous browser is now showing you why posting comments under your name is so dangerous, and what the future of communication online will look like.
Tris started as as an extension for Chrome that allowed you to connect with people searching the same keyword as you, or browsing the same site as you all 100% anonymously. The extension was used to search over thirty million times and has now launched a browser that could revolutionize communication.
Any name , topic , business or issue you search on Google , you can simply click a little chat button on the bottom right and you can start a conversation similar to whats app. You can leave comments for others and then they can contact you one on one privately. They also added a tipping element so you can earn money for making comments, helping others or sharing information.
The same thing applies for any website you are visiting, any Wikipedia you are reading any research topic you are reviewing or any news article you are enjoying. A simple click and you are sharing links pictures videos and voice notes. Tris allows you to change your nickname as many times as you want and only your phone is used as an identifier making it 100% anonymous.
The applications for such a browser are endless and only limited by users imagination, and if they can get enough adoption this can enhance Google and any other website and give users unlimited powers and ability to be heard. It essentially gives users the power of Google.
As part of Tris campaign of educating users about privacy, free speech, and the cost of using your personal information online they have in their app a link to one of the data miners internal database and you can see if your name has been compromised, if you have been profiled. You can also search for comments to see what type of data is available.
They also provide information how to remove yourself from the database if your name is found and a video how to delete any outstanding comments that you might have left years ago that you are not even aware of.
Millennials have already seen the dangers associated with using Facebook and Google and what it can do to your reputation, and have already moved to using apps like Snapchat and Whisper that provide nicknames and disappearing content. This new browser is similar to these apps in that you can post freely anywhere about anything without fear of repercussions in the future.
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