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Correct.

I don't want a personal or work FB account that has my real identity. I don't want to share my identity with FB period. I consider it toxic. This is personal opinion, but by having an account with a real identity, I am consenting to Facebook spying on me and my friends. The application is a leaky sieve, and it is designed to follow you and your habits around the web.

Therefore I use a fake but real looking FB account purely so I can access developer functions, since I am forced to have a real account to do so.

I highly recommend people read this if they also have doubts about Facebook, their business model and your value to them as a user: http://saintsal.com/facebook/



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