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Created: 2026-07-02 17:44:32
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2026-07-02 17:44:44
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@brie @brie @beasts The nginx 444 return code just drops the connection which is good enough for me.
I use https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/nginx-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker as well. There is also https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/apache-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker
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2026-07-02 17:57:47
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Having given up on Facebook years ago because of my concerns about privacy, I rarely login now.
This is a heads up about Meta, privacy, and your data.
From 26 June 2024, Facebook will use your photos, posts, and other info to train its AI.
You can opt out...but Meta has intentionally made it complicated!
Here is a detailed “How to opt out” with screenshots.
Scroll down to "How can I submit an objection?" and click on the link to "here" in the first sentence of this section "You can submit an objection by following the instructions here..."
On the next page, entitled "Managing your information and submitting objections” click on the radio button next to “Yes”.
When you click on the radio button for “Yes”, you will finally be taken to the form where you can object “Object to your information being used for Al at Meta”.
Complete your “Country of residence” and “Email address” fields and move on to the “Please tell us how this processing impacts you.” field.
Obviously how you complete this is your personal preference, but I have written this:
"My photos are personal and contain images of my face associated with my IRL name. This data could be used to generate “deep fake” images using my likeness, if it is included in Al training. I further object to captions being used as these may contain personal information some of which may be associated with children.">
<img src="https://media.mas.to/cache/media_attachments/files/112/525/232/394/900/972/original/9cd68e39ee0fe04f.png" alt="“Meta processing my posts, photos and their captions, the messages I send to Al, and whatever other data Meta decides to scrape, invades my privacy as a private citizen and feeds into a technology which threatens the future of our planet by its insatiable appetite for limited resources, e.g. energy and water.”
I have not completed the section entitled "Please provide any additional information that could help us review your objection.”">
<img src="https://media.mas.to/cache/media_attachments/files/112/525/232/502/290/846/original/f86bfdff1ec743bc.png" alt="You will then be asked to confirm your email address via an OTP.
Almost immediately, I received a response from Facebook, honouring my request:
Support message.
Today at 16:17.
Our reply
Hi Jayne,
We've reviewed your request and will honor your objection. This means your request will be applied going forward.
If you want to learn more about generative Al, and our privacy work in this new space, please review the information we have in Privacy Center.
facebook.com/privacy/genai
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Thanks,
Privacy Operations
We may use your data for personalisation, innovation, research and other purposes described in our Privacy Policy.">
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