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 the name implies will allow you to delete your Facebook browsing history, the sites you have visited from Facebook as well as all the ads you have made click.
The announcement was made at Facebook's F8 (programmers) conference yesterday afternoon, and comes in response to her scandal Cambridge Analytica. Zuckerberg himself said that he probably did not give a clear answer to the Senators' questions on how social network users will be able to control their data. A crisis of conscience, or another measure of impression? nobody knows…
So Reported that the upcoming feature is an attempt to restore the subject:
Once we've released the update, you'll be able to see information about the apps and sites you've been interacted with, and you'll be able to delete them from your account. You will also be able to disable storing 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 with aggregated data analysiss. 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 storing your account information and as always we will not 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 the things Zuckerberg mentioned at F8 was that the changes they have planned for Facebook will take about three years to complete. We should also mention that at this year's F8, Zuckerberg was not so much concerned with presenting super duper technologies coming to the biggest social network, but with the changes coming in the wake of its scandal Cambridge Analytica.
Pleasant change, but better to keep small baskets…
