Facebook problems

@moonbus said
I assure you, no hacker is interested in who you really are as a person. But take a look at the following article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46136513

The gist is that social media platforms are being exploited as a feeding ground for a pseudo-service sector economy based on disinformation. It's not who you are that matters; it's attracting "click-bait" which ...[text shortened]... est-facebook-alternatives/

I don't do any of them. My real friends know how to reach me w/o that.

Thank you, I will look into this and others will too, I'm sure.
I use FB to stay in touch with mostly my family and a few personal friends. Sometimes I share things with them - never controversial or upsetting - music, booktitles, interesting art or beautiful scenery. I have no FB-friends I haven't met in real life - not because I have felt any risk doing so, I just don't use it to make acquaintances.

@torunn said
Thank you, I will look into this and others will too, I'm sure.
I use FB to stay in touch with mostly my family and a few personal friends. Sometimes I share things with them - never controversial or upsetting - music, booktitles, interesting art or beautiful scenery. I have no FB-friends I haven't met in real life - not because I have felt any risk doing so, I just don't use it to make acquaintances.

I use WhatsApp to stay in touch with family and friends. It has the advantage of end-to-end encryption, and you can have group- or one-to-one sessions.

In Germany, there is a new platform, similar to WhatsApp, called ginlo, also end-to-end encrypted and the servers don't keep records of sessions or of encryption keys.

However, Australia has recently enacted legislation to try to break end-to-end encryption. If the law is not over-turned there, other countries may follow. Stay tuned.