[PSA] If you use Instagram/Facebook/Messenger, check the "off Meta technologies" section. Your other apps may be sending data without you knowing
[PSA] If you use Instagram/Facebook/Messenger, check the "off Meta technologies" section. Your other apps may be sending data without you knowing
Even if you don't enter data into Facebook/Meta directly, they may be getting data from other games/music apps/etc.
How to check
- Navigate to the
Accounts Centermenu.- Instagram: open your profile page > 3 bar menu >
Settings>Accounts Center - Messenger: 3 bar menu > gear icon > scroll to bottom >
Accounts Center
- Instagram: open your profile page > 3 bar menu >
Your information and permissionsYour activity off Meta technologies
There should also be an option for Manage future activity
I use some apps to communicate with family, and clearly my privacy protections weren't as good as I thought they were. I set things up a long time ago, so I imagine something changed since then.
I'm considering of either sending the apps to the work profile, or switching to only using them in the browser. If it's because I connected my account to the other service at some point, I don't know how to sever that connection now aside from dropping that other game/app/service
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Thank you for the tip, but is there any way to delete the activity data from Meta after de-linking?
I cleared it before I had a chance to look through properly. There should be a menu option when you look at the list
if I recall correctly, there is a separate link in the same settings area for deleting any data stored from off-site partners.
there isn't, but as others have replied you can hide it from yourself