Following the Cambridge Analytica
scandal I decided that Facebook no longer deserved my trust or attention so I
deleted my account.
The goal of any cyber security team
should be to prevent unauthorized access and protect data. Facebook knew of the
data harvesting breach over two years ago and did very little to inspire that
Cyber Security was important to them. In fact their cyber risk monitoring
didn't seem to exist as outside companies data gathered profile information.
The social media platform has let
its users down and gathers data whenever we use a website or app that uses
Facebook systems and plug-ins. Facebook has turned in to a disgusting and
irresponsible company and their processes and platform is no longer fit for
purpose - it’s no longer a social network. The platform exists to market to you
and sell your data for advertising. Not only that it sucks away your time from
family and friends.
Facebook isn’t really about
connecting people anymore it’s a giant algorithm and data mining tool to sell
to you and zap away your time. The platform is a surveillance and spying beast
intent on know everything about you, tracking your likes, dislikes, behaviour
and location so it can monetise your content and tell you what to think.
The saddest part is we give it to
them for free to abuse and profit from. And worst still is Facebook has failed
to secure it.
I have no faith in the social media
giant nor it's CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Trading your data and attention has made Zuckerberg
a billionaire. We must be suckers for playing along.
Quitting Facebook was a great decision and since
deleting my Facebook account I'm a lot happier. I’ve learned you can live life without
Facebook.
