On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:38:43 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


I've had a Facebook page since 2009 that I use occasionally to touch
base with family and friends. Recently however, I started getting
notifications on my cell phone about things and people I have never had
contact with. I don't even have the Facebook App on my cell phone.

I checked all my settings on Facebook and all the notifications are
turned off. I have tried to keep access to friends and family only.

Then I discovered that somehow I also have an "Advertising Account". It
has my email address but it's something I never signed up for or even
knew about. If you use it, it charges $$ to a credit card or something.

Anyway, that was enough. Found the appropriate page and deleted my
Facebook account completely. It's getting too wacky and too
"collective" in terms of information on you.

If you are not paying for the product, you are the product. I only
have to see that tag line on your posts to see how you are paying for
your free anti-virus by spamming your friends. I hope it is not going
any deeper into your PC but be aware when you authorized AV software,
it runs at the administrator level.

As for Facebook, I don't fool with it but Mr Ed still has an account,
that has been taken over by "Deuce" (Mr Ed II)
Neither of them have any credit cards.