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Resolved Question

Prevent Facebook Snooping?

Sep 25, 2017 10:42AM PDT

Disabling Facebook Cookies

MY GOAL: I do not want Facebook to receive personally identifiable cookie information when I am logged out of Facebook under my Google Chrome web browser. I do not want cookies associated with the web browser of Facebook to remain active after I have log-out of Facebook.

Which of the following configuration settings shown below using Google Chrome must I turn on or off or remove or otherwise. To prevent Facebook from keeping tabs (spying/snooping) on any of my web activity after I am logged out of Facebook?

Under Google Settings Under Cookies:

chrome://settings/content/cookies

Allow Sites To Save And Read Cookie Data (On or Off)

Keep Local Data Only Until You Quit Your Browser (On or Off)

Block Third-Party Cookies (On or Off)

Then I am given ONE of the three following options:

1. Block Sites: Add A Site (Optional); Do I add Facebook here (Yes or No)

2. Clear Site Cookies On Exit (Optional); Do I add Facebook here (Yes or No)

3. Allow Sites (Optional); Do I add Facebook here (Yes or No)

All Cookies And Site Data (Remove All Shown - Option) (Yes or No)

Facebook - Eight Cookies Current Shown (Locally Stored Data): Do I delete (Yes or No)

Facebook - Cache Storage, File System, Database Storage, Local Storage: Do I delete all (Yes or No)

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MY GOAL: I do not want Facebook to receive personally identifiable cookie information when I am logged out of Facebook under my Opera web browser. I do not want cookies associated with the web browser of Facebook to remain active after I have log-out of Facebook.

Which of the following configuration settings shown below using Opera web browser must I turn on or off or remove or otherwise. To prevent Facebook from keeping tabs (spying/snooping) on any of my web activity after I am logged out of Facebook?

Under Settings for Opera Web Browser

Then I am given ONE of the three following options:

1. Allow local data to be set (recommended by Opera) (Yes or No)

2. Keep local data only until I quit my browser (Yes or No)

3. Block sites from setting any data (Yes or No)

Block third-party cookies and site data (Yes or No)

Manage Cookie & Data Exceptions: Do I add Facebook (facebook.com) here (Yes or No)
Once added (under: Manage Cookie & Data Exceptions) I am given the option to "allow/behavior" or "clear/behavior" on exit or to block/behavior. Which one should I choose?

Under All Cookies And Site Data - do I delete ALL of Facebook cookies shown (Yes or No)

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Much Easier
Sep 25, 2017 11:06AM PDT

I don't know if Chrome allows more than one profile, but probably does. I know it has a Guest Mode. If you use the Guest Mode only for Facebook, I think nothing is kept from one session to the next.


In Firefox you can run the profile manager (firefox -profilemanager) and create a second profile and use it exclusively for Facebook. Use your other profile for your normal browsing etc.

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found it in Chrome Browser
Sep 25, 2017 11:13AM PDT

chrome://settings/

Put that in the locator bar and you can turn on Guest Mode and also create alternate profiles.