I've been blocking facebook for years (nowhere near as comprehensive as this list though).
Many of the most unfortunate problems with these sites are social in nature rather than technical. For example, no matter how much I plead with people not to, they keep uploading information about me to these type of sites, including photographs with timestamps and GPS location metadata, which they then "tag" my face as being me.
I don't have any idea how much of this information is even out there, since these sites require signing up in order to find out. Maybe I should look into my rights under data protection legislation...
Many of the most unfortunate problems with these sites are social in nature rather than technical. For example, no matter how much I plead with people not to, they keep uploading information about me to these type of sites, including photographs with timestamps and GPS location metadata, which they then "tag" my face as being me.
I don't have any idea how much of this information is even out there, since these sites require signing up in order to find out. Maybe I should look into my rights under data protection legislation...