Facebook's 'clear history' tool doesn't actually 'clear' anything

It's finally here. More than a year after Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Facebook's 2018 F8 conference and announced plans to create a "clear history" tool that would let users remove browsing data from Facebook, the company has something to show for it.

After numerous delays, they're now starting to roll out the "clear history" feature. The catch? It doesn't actually "clear" any of your data at all. 

Instead, the new privacy feature will allow users to "disconnect" their "off-Facebook activity" from their account, meaning their browsing data will be separated from their account information. This will help reduce some kinds of targeted advertisements, but it won't actually remove any of your data from Facebook's servers, or prevent the company from using that data. And Facebook will still track people who don't use its service at all. Read more...