Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday in his speech at F8, that Facebook will provide its users with a feature that will give an extra measure of control over their data. In particular, the largest social network is reportedly preparing to allow its users to know how much information they share from their history with third-party applications.
The feature will come with the name "Clear History" or "Clear History," and as it says name will allow the deletion of your Facebook browsing history, the websites you have visited from Facebook as well as all the ads you have clicked on.
The announcement was made at Facebook's F8 (programmers) conference yesterday afternoon, and comes in response to her scandal Cambridge Analytica. Ο ίδιος ο Zuckerberg ανέφερε ότι μάλλον δεν έδωσε κάποια ξεκάθαρη απάντηση στις ερωτήσεις των Γερουσιαστών στο πως οι χρήστες του κοινωνικού δικτύου θα μπορούν να ελέγχουν τα δεδομένα τους. Κρίση συνείδησης, ή άλλο ένα μέτρο εντυπωσιασμού; κανείς δεν ξέρει...
So Reported that the upcoming feature is an attempt to restore it theme:
As soon as we have the updated version available version, you'll be able to see information about the apps and websites you've interacted with, and you'll be able to delete them from your account. You will also be able to disable the storage of this information in your account.
Of course, Facebook will not stop collecting data from its users, even if they use this option. According to Erin Egan, head of the agency protectionof Facebook privacy:
We will still provide apps and websites in aggregate data analysis. For example, we will be able to generate reports to let the developer know whether their apps are more popular with men or women, or with a certain age group. We can do this without saving your account information and as always we won't tell advertisers who you are.
Zuckerberg is reported to be very worried that Facebook will become a little less personal to its members without the use of cookies. But under these circumstances, it seems to be an obstacle that some users are very willing to accept.
Among those mentioned by Zuckerberg at F8, it was that to complete the changes they have planned for Facebook, it will take about three years. We also have to mention that in this year's F8, Zuckerberg did not deal so much with the presentation of super duper technologies coming to the largest social network, but with the changes that come in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Nice change, but better to keep small baskets...
