https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Facebook-quot-Clear-History-quot/m-p/27202#M3395 <P>Privacy people have been wanting Facebook to provide a "Clear History" type button/option for some time.&nbsp; Now, Facebook is doing it!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/22/facebook-delivers-clear-history-tool-that-doesnt-clear-anything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sort of</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you live in Iceland, South Korea, or Spain.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And it's only for "Off Facebook Activity," which is where the tab is buried.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And it doesn't really "clear" your history, just sort of disconnects some of the data from some of the uses.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Supposedly it does make what data Facebook holds on you more visible to you ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(Naked Security does have a nice <A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/12/28/how-to-protect-your-facebook-account-a-walkthrough/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overview</A> of what you can do to make your Facebook account more secure and private ...)</P> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:11:42 GMT rslade 2019-08-22T19:11:42Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Facebook-quot-Clear-History-quot/m-p/27202#M3395 <P>Privacy people have been wanting Facebook to provide a "Clear History" type button/option for some time.&nbsp; Now, Facebook is doing it!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/22/facebook-delivers-clear-history-tool-that-doesnt-clear-anything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sort of</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you live in Iceland, South Korea, or Spain.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And it's only for "Off Facebook Activity," which is where the tab is buried.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And it doesn't really "clear" your history, just sort of disconnects some of the data from some of the uses.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Supposedly it does make what data Facebook holds on you more visible to you ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(Naked Security does have a nice <A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/12/28/how-to-protect-your-facebook-account-a-walkthrough/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overview</A> of what you can do to make your Facebook account more secure and private ...)</P> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:11:42 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Facebook-quot-Clear-History-quot/m-p/27202#M3395 rslade 2019-08-22T19:11:42Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Facebook-quot-Clear-History-quot/m-p/27210#M3396 What a complete joke this is, eh? Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:47:07 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Facebook-quot-Clear-History-quot/m-p/27210#M3396 K-Med 2019-08-22T22:47:07Z