I chose to stop the relationship. It probably still has all my information in a shadow account, and might be collecting SMS messages I exchange with people who maintain FB accounts. Facebook doesn't have to force people to do anything -- are you going to cut off contact with everyone you suspect might possibly have an account, to prevent them from creating a shadow account on you?
The topic is about a browser extension to block them tracking first party activity. That does literally nothing to solve the scenario you described.
It's also no coincidence that their SMS harvesting shenanigans are only possible on Android, the poster child for "fuck privacy I want free shit from a giant creepy company".
Sure, on some level there should be laws about privacy. But this is fucking America we're talking about - it's practically the third world when it comes to the state of basic protections for citizens.
Facebook tracks people who are not users. That has been a reason for lawsuits. I have taken measures to block Facebook trackers in many sites I visit.
So yes, Facebook (among other agents, like Google) is forcing me to follow a course of action that protects my family and myself from intensive data collection, and that many times breaks my browsing and interferes with my work. Forcing HTTPS, blocking cookies, revoking certificates, etc. and then reverting some special cases or creating exceptions on the fly for specific sites I cannot go without is kind of maddening.
Stalking isn't a relationship, but it does force victims to take action.
