Facebook以其老大哥(Big Brother way)的做事方式而闻名。无论您在互联网上做什么，这家公司似乎都知道这一切，而且似乎无法躲避它不关心我们隐私的长臂。尽管我们很难相信Facebook会改变其做法，但我们还是想与您分享一些好消息。最近，Facebook为其平台引入了一个新选项，称为“Facebook 外活动”("Off-Facebook Activity")，可让您查看和删除公司拥有的一些关于您的信息。此外，这还包括Facebook共享或从您使用的其他网站和应用程序获取的数据，同时使用Facebook的API 和服务(APIs and services)。以下是查看和清除“Facebook 外活动”的方法：("Off-Facebook Activity:")
如何访问您的 Facebook 外活动
打开您的网络浏览器并验证(web browser and authenticate)您的Facebook 帐户(Facebook account)。然后，单击或点击(click or tap)网页右上角的小箭头形按钮。
在显示的菜单上，单击或点击(click or tap)设置(Settings)。
在 Facebook 的设置(Settings)页面上，从左侧的选项中选择“您的 Facebook 信息” 。("Your Facebook Information")
在页面的右侧，您应该会找到一个名为“Off-Facebook 活动("Off-Facebook activity)”的部分。如果您阅读旁边的信息，您会发现“Off-Facebook 活动”("Off-Facebook activity")可以让您“查看或清除来自企业和组织的活动”你从 Facebook 访问的。” ("View or clear activity from businesses and organizations that you visit off Facebook.")单击或点击查看(View)。
提示：(TIP:)为方便起见，您还可以使用此直接链接：Off-Facebook 活动(Off-Facebook Activity)。
如何查看您的 Facebook 外活动(Off-Facebook activity)
Facebook 加载Facebook 外活动(Off-Facebook activity)页面。在上面，您可以阅读一些关于Facebook 外活动(off-Facebook activity)的含义以及公司在理论上使用它的内容。如果需要，请阅读详细信息，然后单击或点击页面右侧的“管理您的 Facebook 外活动”链接。("Manage your off-Facebook activity")
上一个操作会加载一个名为“您的 Facebook 外活动”的新页面。("Your off-Facebook activity.")在此阶段，根据您的安全设置，Facebook可能会要求您重新输入帐户密码(account password)。然后，您可以查看与Facebook共享您信息的所有应用程序和网站。
如果您想知道网站或应用程序与Facebook(Facebook)分享了哪些关于您的信息，您也可以单击/点击它。该信息包括您在该应用程序或该网站上的活动：您与之互动的次数、您使用Facebook登录的时间以及Facebook如何从该(Facebook)应用程序或网站(app or website)获取有关您的信息。如果您认为有多少应用程序和网站(apps and websites)正在使用即使您没有Facebook 帐户也可以跟踪您的(Facebook account)Facebook的API(APIs)（也称为业务(aka business)工具），这将是非常可怕的！
要查看一些详细信息，请单击或点击Facebook(Facebook)收集的每种信息类型。例如，如果您单击或点击交互链接，您会了解到交互可能意味着您在该网站或应用程序(website or app)上进行的任何类型的活动。互动可能意味着您打开了应用程序、使用Facebook登录、访问了网站、搜索了某些内容、将某些内容添加到您的愿望清单或购物篮、进行了购买，甚至是捐赠。它几乎是Facebook可以用来向您展示“相关广告”的任何东西。
如何关闭应用程序或网站(app or website)的未来活动，以便Facebook不会将其链接到您的帐户
对于每个应用程序和网站(app and website)，您可以向下滚动，直到到达其活动详细信息(Activity details)的底部。在那里，在名为“你能做什么”的部分中，("What can you do,")您可以找到一个链接，上面写着“关闭来自 [应用程序或网站] 的未来活动”。("Turn off future activity from [App or Website].")
如果您单击或点击“关闭来自 [应用程序或网站] 的未来活动”("Turn off future activity from [App or Website]")链接，Facebook将停止将您的帐户链接到从该网站或应用程序(website or app)收集的信息。
但是，这并不意味着它也停止收集它 - 它仍然会收集所有关于您的信息，但应该停止使用它来根据该信息向您提供“相关广告”。它看起来不像是一个真正的句号，但总比没有好。如果要继续，请单击或点击关闭(Turn Off)。
然后，Facebook会告诉您不再跟踪您在该网站或应用程序上的(website or app)未来活动。(future activity)不过，您过去的活动最多可能需要 48 小时才能与您的帐户断开连接
如何清除您的 Facebook 外活动(Off-Facebook activity)
如果您想删除所有Facebook 外活动(off-Facebook activity)怎么办？在这种情况下，请返回“您的 Facebook 外活动”("Your off-Facebook activity")页面，然后单击或点击页面顶部的“清除历史记录(Clear history)”按钮。
正如预期的那样，Facebook警告您，如果您选择“从您的帐户中清除您的 Facebook 外活动”，("clear your off-Facebook activity from your account,")那么：
- 您的活动历史记录(activity history)将与您的帐户断开连接，尽管Facebook将来仍会从应用程序和网站(apps and websites)接收您的活动（查看本指南的下一部分以了解如何禁用它）
- 您可能会退出已使用Facebook 帐户(Facebook account)进行身份验证的应用程序和网站(apps and websites)
- 你仍然会看到相同数量的广告，而且你在Facebook 上(Facebook)采取的每一个动作仍然会被用来向你展示“相关广告”。
无论哪种方式，如果您不希望Facebook将您的姓名标签(name tag)保留在它过去收集的有关您的所有信息上，请按清除历史记录(Clear history)按钮。
如果您选择清除历史记录，Facebook现在会告诉您它已消失。
如何确保Facebook不会将您的Facebook外活动链接到您的帐户
接下来是您尝试确保Facebook将来不会将您的 Facebook 外活动(Off-Facebook Activity)链接到您的帐户的部分（我们更愿意说尝试，因为您永远不知道Facebook是否真的按照它所说的那样做）。返回“您的 Facebook 外活动”("Your off-Facebook activity")页面，单击或点击右侧“更多选项”侧栏中的“(More options)管理未来活动”(Manage Future Activity)链接。或者，点击此链接(follow this link)直接进入“Future off-Facebook activity”设置。
现在再次单击或点击“管理未来活动”("Manage Future Activity")。
在下一页上，禁用“未来离开 Facebook 活动”("Future off-Facebook activity")开关。
阅读Facebook(Facebook)显示的警告，如果您仍想将您的Facebook 帐户(Facebook account)与您可能在其他网站或应用程序上进行的任何未来活动断开连接，请按“关闭”(Turn Off)按钮。
不后悔！🙂
您(Did)只是想查看您的 Facebook 外活动，还是还想完全清除它？
我自己承认我不喜欢Facebook跟踪我的一举一动的方式。我知道它想在其社交网络甚至Facebook拥有的其他应用程序（例如Whatsapp）上跟踪我们。但是，我对Facebook在其他与(Facebook)Facebook无关的网站和应用程序上收集的关于我们的信息量感到厌恶。这太可怕了！你有同样的感觉吗？此外，如果您有什么要添加到本文中的内容，请随时在下面的部分中发表评论。
How to view and clear your off-Facebook activity
Fаcebook is renowned for its Big Brothеr way of doing things. No mаtter what you're doing on the internet, this company seems to know it all, and it seems there's no way of hiding from its long arm that doesn't care about our privacy. Although it's hard for us to believe that Facebook's going to change its approach, there is some good news that we'd like to share with you. Recеntly, Facebook introduced a new option to its platform, called "Off-Facebook Activity" that lets you see and delete some of the information that the company has about you. Furthermore, that also includes data that Facebook shared or acquired from other websites and apps that you use and, at the same time, use Facebook's APIs and services. Here is how to view and clear your "Off-Facebook Activity:"
How to access your Off-Facebook activity
Open your web browser and authenticate to your Facebook account. Then, click or tap on the small arrow-shaped button from the top-right corner of the webpage.
On the menu that shows up, click or tap on Settings.
On Facebook's Settings page, select "Your Facebook Information" from the options on the left side.
On the right side of the page, you should find a section called "Off-Facebook activity." If you read the information next to it, you find that "Off-Facebook activity" lets you "View or clear activity from businesses and organizations that you visit off Facebook." Click or tap on View.
TIP: To make things easier, you can also use this direct link: Off-Facebook Activity.
How to view your Off-Facebook activity
Facebook loads the Off-Facebook activity page. On it, you can read a bit about what off-Facebook activity means and what it's theoretically used for by the company. Read the details if you want, and then click or tap on the "Manage your off-Facebook activity" link from the right side of the page.
The previous action loads a new page, called "Your off-Facebook activity." At this stage, depending on your security settings, Facebook may ask you to re-enter your account password. Then, you can view all the apps and websites that have shared information about you with Facebook.
You can also click/tap on a website or app if you want to know what information it shared about you with Facebook. That information includes your activity in that app or on that website: how many times you've interacted with it, when you logged in using Facebook, and how Facebook acquired information about you from that app or website. It is pretty scary if you think just how many apps and websites are using Facebook's APIs (aka business tools) that can track you even if you don't have a Facebook account!
To see some details, click or tap on each of the types of information collected by Facebook. For example, if you click or tap on the interactions link, you learn that interactions can mean any kind of activity you had on that website or app. Interactions can mean that you've opened apps, logged in using Facebook, visited a website, searched for something, added something to your wishlist or the basket, made a purchase, or even a donation. It's practically anything that can be used by Facebook to show you "relevant ads."
How to turn off future activity from an app or website, so that Facebook doesn't link it to your account
For each app and website, you can scroll down until you reach the bottom of its Activity details. There, in the section called "What can you do," you can find a link that says "Turn off future activity from [App or Website]."
If you click or tap on the "Turn off future activity from [App or Website]" link, Facebook stops linking your account to the information collected from that website or app.
However, that doesn't mean that it also stops collecting it - it still gathers everything it can about you, but should stop using it to deliver you "relevant ads" based on that information. It doesn't look like it is an actual full-stop, but it is better than nothing. If you want to continue, click or tap on Turn Off.
Then, Facebook tells you that your future activity on that website or app is no longer tracked. However, it might take up to 48 hours until your past activity is disconnected from your account
How to clear your Off-Facebook activity
What if you want to remove all your off-Facebook activity? In that case, go back to the "Your off-Facebook activity" page, and click or tap on the Clear history button from the top of the page.
As expected, Facebook is warning you that, if you choose to "clear your off-Facebook activity from your account," then:
- Your activity history is going to be disconnected from your account, although Facebook still receives your activity from apps and websites in the future (check the next section of this guide to see how to disable that as well)
- You might be logged out of apps and websites on which you've authenticated with your Facebook account
- You're still going to see the same number of ads, and every action you take on Facebook is still going to be used to show you "relevant ads."
Either way, if you don't want Facebook to keep your name tag on all the information that it has gathered about you in the past, push the Clear history button.
If you chose to clear your history, Facebook now tells you that it's gone.
How to make sure that Facebook doesn't link your Off-Facebook activity to your account
Next comes the part in which you try to make sure that Facebook won't link your Off-Facebook Activity to your account in the future (we prefer to say try because you never know whether Facebook really does what it says). Back to "Your off-Facebook activity" page, click or tap on the Manage Future Activity link from the More options sidebar on the right. Alternatively, follow this link to get to the "Future off-Facebook activity" setting directly.
Now click or tap on "Manage Future Activity" once more.
On the next page, disable the "Future off-Facebook activity" switch.
Read the warnings that Facebook shows and, if you still want to disconnect your Facebook account from any future activity you might have on other websites or apps, push the Turn Off button.
No regrets! 🙂
Did you just want to see your off-Facebook activity, or did you also want to clear it completely?
I, myself, admit that I dislike the way Facebook tracks my every move. I get it that it wants to track us on its social network and even on the other apps that Facebook owns, such as Whatsapp, for example. However, I'm sickened by how much information Facebook collects about us on other websites and apps that have little to do with Facebook. It's just awful! Do you feel the same? Also, if you have something to add to this article, feel free to leave a comment in the section below.
