Wednesday, October 24, 2012

                        How Much Does Facebook Retain?

An Austrian law student wanted to know how much data about him had been stored by the world’s largest social network during his three-year membership, so he requested a copy. Facebook sent him a CD containing 1,222 pages of data. As reported by the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, the student said: “Everything had been stored​—every message, every chat, including sensitive information about friends.” Included was information that he was sure he had deleted!




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