If you visit a particular app and especially if you use your Facebook account to log into that app, that application may well be giving your information and online activity to Facebook, allowing Facebook to know more about your habits, likes, spending, and online activities in order to serve you ads or suggest new events or activities that they think reflects your online activity and likes.
How can you find out what apps are giving away your info to Facebook? Facebook hasn't made it easy, but there's a shortcut to seeing how many apps are sharing with Facebook, and exactly who is sharing your info with Facebook and what they are sharing.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/ You may be shocked discovering how many places are sharing your activities with Facebook.
That page will say "Off-Facebook Activity. Off-Facebook activity includes information that businesses and organizations share with us about your interactions with them, such as visiting their apps or websites. Learn More"
Then click on the icons that indicate some of your apps, just below that message
You'll have to enter your password there to continue and then the list of apps will show up for you.
I checked my Facebook account and and here's what came up:
Facebook said, "This is a summary of the 455 apps and websites that have shared your activity.
Some of your activity may not appear here. Learn More"
Facebook said, "This is a summary of the 455 apps and websites that have shared your activity.
Some of your activity may not appear here. Learn More"
Additional instructions are available to manage those apps, but Facebook doesn't make it easy. It does seem one remedy is to not use a Facebook login with your apps, but instead use your email and passwords to sign up with apps and websites as the Facebook login feature easily allows apps or websites to share your data with Facebook.
How many apps did you find that are sharing information with Facebook? Comment below.
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