

It also means that Facebook is still able to collect data on you from around the web using its usual assortment of tricks.

This means that no matter how many gigabytes of data deleting Facebook freed up, you can still log in to your account elsewhere. If you’ve removed the program from your device, whatever developer that owns the app still possesses a copy of this data. These accounts, no matter how benign the app may be, contain the personal data that you provided the app. Sure, getting rid of the program removes the item from your device, but what it doesn’t do is remove any accounts that may be associated with the application. When we get bored, tired, or outraged with an application, what’s the best solution? If you answered “ deleting the app,” you’d only be half right.
