OUR DATA PROJECT


FACEBOOK

HOW DO I GET MY DATA?

1. open this website: www.facebook.com
2. log in with your account
3. click on the top menu and select "settings"
4. click on "your facebook information"
5. select "download your information" and click on "view"
6. choose your preferred data range, format and media quality
7. select what you want to download & click "create file"
8. wait for a notification and download the file. this might take up to an hour

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RESULTS

242.1 MB

CONTENT

personal:

includes your registration date, your name, your birthday, your gender, your education, your family members, previous and ongoing relationships, the city you are currently living in and the places you lived in before. facebook also listed all of your logins and logouts with all of your ip adresses, where you have logged in and what device you have used.

- name
- profile
- registration date
- birthday
- gender
- city you are currently living in
- places you have lived
- education
- relationships
- familymembers
- logins/ logouts
- authorized logins
- login protection data
- used ip addresses
- where you have logged in
- when you updated your profile picture or other information
- administrative records (password changes, profile pictures you have removed, phone numbers added, birthday changes, ...)

activity:

includes all of your posts and comments, your shared photos and videos, your search history and the posts and comments other people added to your timeline. there are folders named after your friends you have chatted with, including all of your conversations. you can get an overview of all the apps you have used facebook to log in and all the apps you have given permission to post on your behalf.

- your posts and comments
- photos / videos
- messages
- what other people posted to your timeline
- your search history
- items you have saved (links, places, ...)
- apps you have used facebook to log in
- posts from the apps you have given permission to post on your behalf

friends:

includes the list of your friends. plus all of your received and rejected friend requests and even your removed friends. you can find an address book with all of your friends e-mail addresses and mobile phone numbers. lost a number? lucky you! now you have them all back! if you gave permission to facebook to protocol your calls and messages of your mobile phone, you will find a list with the exact dates when you called someone, who you have called and for how long you talked to that person. the same with your messages.

- your friends (+ when you became friends)
- received / rejected friend requests
- removed friends
- sent friend requests
- address book
- phone numbers
- calls and messages
- pokes

likes / interests:

includes all pages you liked.

- music you like
- movies you like
- other things you like
- restaurants you like
- clothing companies you like
- likes and reactions on pages

advertisement:

facebook added a lot of ad interests to your profile, based on your social media behavior. here you can find a funny list of actors, music genres, random things, political parties etc. based on this list facebook shows you the "perfect" advertisement for you and protocols all of your interactions with it. even when you are just annoyed by them and you keep closing them. there is also a list of advertisers who run ads using your contact info you shared with them or with one of their data partners.

- ads interests
- advertisers you have interacted with (closed an add, ...)
- advertisers who run ads using your contact list


REACTIONS

D: nur seit 2015, was ist davor?

D: ist das vollständig? lenkt die ausgewählte menge von den eigentlichen dimensionen ab?

J: why?

D: mehr erwartet. welche kontaktinfo hat die werbung ausgelöst?

J: manche passen finde ich ganz gut, aber nicht alle! manche sind auch sehr random!

D: waren da nicht mehr?

J: verstehe die auswahl nicht

J: glaube ich hatte eigentlich mehr pokes

D: analyse der emojis?

J: von wo kriegen sie das?

D: wo sind die anderen?