“I really feel like…someone is watching me,” goes the words to the 1997 hit song by the late Michael Jackson. Between that classic, and the single by the musical group, The Police, “Every Breath You Take, Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make – I’ll Be Watching You,” — life really is…..imitating, or catching up with art. I have written many times about how really difficult it is to hide, and stay hidden these days — short of dropping off-the-grid, and living a remote, spartan, low-profile existence. For the overwhelming vast majority of us, going completely off-the-grid, and living a mostly disconnected life — is a life we do not find attractive, or worth living. But, as with most things in life, being connected, and on-the-grid, comes at a price; and, some unwanted baggage.
As I have written many times on this blog, it is very, very hard to stay hidden. Unless you go completely off-the-grid, and good luck with that, chances are you will be found — if someone is determined to find you. Now comes word that turning off FaceBook location tracking — doesn’t stop the social media giant from continuing to track your location. Kashmir Hill posted a December 18, 2018 article on the technology and security website, GIZMODO, described just how insidious and invasive that FaceBook’s personal tracking software is. He makes this argument and warning very real by describing what recently happened to Aleksandra Korolova — after she “turned off location history in her FaceBook app; and also telling her iPhone that she “Never” wants the app to get her location.” Ms. Korolova also “doesn’t “check in” to places, and doesn’t list her current city on her profile,”