075: Quitting Facebook
Smashing Security
Graham Cluley
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Should you quit Facebook? How do you delete your Facebook account? What do you need to consider before leaving Facebook for good? And what's the easiest way to successfully go cold turkey on Facebook?
Find out in this special splinter episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.
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Links:
- How do I download a copy of my information on Facebook?
- Facebook retracted Zuckerberg’s messages from recipients’ inboxes
- How do I turn off Facebook's integration with apps, games and websites?
- How to use "Turn Platform Off" on Facebook for privacy
- How do I deactivate my Facebook account?
- How to deactivate Facebook Messenger
- Ask Facebook to delete your account
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I then deleted my Facebook account and then re-upped it in 2005 and have not been able to get off to stupid things since. |
| 0:10.4 | So I am a super... |
| 0:12.5 | So why can't you get off? |
| 0:13.8 | What are your... |
| 0:15.0 | You guys... |
| 0:18.0 | It's not that kind of podcast. |
| 0:25.4 | ... You guys. It's not that kind of podcast. Smashing Security, Episode 75, quitting Facebook with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley. |
| 0:34.6 | Hello, hello, and welcome to Smashing Security episode 75. |
| 0:39.7 | My name is Graham Clooney. |
| 0:40.8 | I'm Carol Terrio. |
| 0:42.4 | And we're joined this week by a returning guest. |
| 0:45.3 | It's Maria Vermasas. |
| 0:46.2 | Hello, Maria. |
| 0:46.8 | Hi! |
| 0:47.8 | Hello, Maria. |
| 0:48.8 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:50.7 | Are you right? You sound a little bit tired. |
| 0:52.2 | I'm just a little sleepy. It's all good. |
| 0:56.1 | Oh, do we bore you? |
| 0:58.2 | Oh, so tedious. |
| 1:01.8 | Yon. Yeah, I'll be okay. |
| 1:04.0 | My energy will get up. I just had a late night due to baby stuff. So I'll be okay. I'll be all right. |
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