Who is going to delete their Facebook account ?

I keep in daily contact with my grandchildren on FB Although they do tell me FB is really for old people! A friend who lives away was taken into hospital today, I wouldn't have known without FB and I sent her a get well message. Another distant family member showed me photos of her children's birthday party, that I would not normally have seen. My cousin, who also lives away, was able to show me photos of their new puppy, which will be grown before we can catch up in person in the summer. Nothing really personal is put on by me or grandkids. Don't say when I am going away. Unlike many on here who post of their travels all the time. What makes one site better than another, if you are posting on the internet you need to be careful, some of the posts I have read on here are far more personal than FB.

I only use FB in a very closed group of old colleagues who like to keep in contact. 

Would not dream of putting anything on FB that the public might see.

Frankly I view all Social media thingies as risky and with deep suspicion Whats the matter with E Mail?  Would never use that for anything private either.  Will not touch internet banking with a very long Barge pole!

But I suppose using this Forum blows the above out the water?

TF

Internet banking is great, TF. There are few as cautious as I am and I use it all the time. Used sensibly with a security package, the bank's own security as well, and only on my own home broadband, I feel it’s as safe as it can be. 

I'm afraid, as you said, you have blown your privacy out of the window by posting a fair bit of info here and elsewhere. It’s surprising how much can be learnt about people simply by reading their posts on 2 or 3 forums. Even using different user names doesn't provide secrecy.  

You might be able to learn something TW but you won't learn everything.....in fact you might be useless at deducing who was holding the candelabra in the drawing room....

Quite true but I’ve learnt a lot including where some live and who was lurking in the library with Miss Scarlett. 

She said that she wouldn't tell!

But its good to hear from you TW!

TF

I don’t understand folk that use their real names and potential date of birth i.e. joebloggs46@ etc. as email addresses, In my view that’s really bad security.  

I am concerned wrt to Facebook as although I put minimal personal info to my friends it’s appears to be the organisation itself that can’t trusted

I’ve not been away from here, TF. 

This may be of interest to some people----- spotted it today. 

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/newsbeat-43501075/facebook-data-what-the-social-media-giant-knows-about-you

K 

Never had a FB account. It was set up by the CIA with Zuckerberg as the front man to gather intelligence on everyone they could. He was paid an astounding and indecent amount of money to work with them- this is the result.