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Looking to delete the Facebook and all data and its naughty tracking - help!

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  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    that wrote: »
    While visiting this page, Facebook, under related pages section, throws up ads/recommendations for the town I currently am in - !!!!!!!

    Have you ever visited the page whilst not connected to VPN? If yes then your local IP address will have been seen (HTTP-X-FORWARDED-FOR?) and it's possible that the geographical location of that IP address is in your town.
  • If you want to totally avoid facebook, don't comment on any of the blogs on the non-forum part of this site. MSE uses facebook's comment plug in that needs a facebook account to post. (was hilariously ironic seeing people using their facebook account to denounce fb on the blogs re Martin suing Facebook).
    "And suddenly I find myself listening to a man I've never known before,
    Telling me about the sea..."
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