You can still be anonymous on Facebook if you use their onion service[1]. Although I think you can't register for an account under Tor, which is counter intuitive (I mean why would you offer a Tor hidden service if you can't register under it?). In that case I would register using a 3G/GSM IP which many people share (instead of a unique IP where few people share it); and then, once registered, proceed to browse Facebook with their hidden service.
Just be careful, because if you are using Facebook with Tor, you run the risk of outing your real identity from things like your social graph, search queries, likes, and other metadata.
Noted. I guess as times goes on, it will be harder to find a cell provider that uses IPV4. They're really handy for anonymous accounts, especially with that sweet CGNAT which is dying out as more people tear existing infra apart to upgrade to IPV6
> Just be careful, because if you are using Facebook with Tor, you run the risk of outing your real identity from things like your social graph, search queries, likes, and other metadata.
You can’t be anonymous from Facebook or from Facebook users (with or without Tor) without violating its ToS and worrying about being blocked and asked to prove your real/authentic identity if you piss off some random person online or get flagged by one of its bots that check accounts periodically.
Well if you setup an anonymous account with Facebook and use their Tor hidden service for the simple reason of harassing people, then of course you will get the ban-hammer. Some people just like being anonymous because they don't want their real name attached to their Facebook personal preferences. Such data is still precious to Facebook, but then the user runs the risk of outing themselves by what they 'like' and who they associate with, so I guess the trick is to keep activity on those sort of accounts to a minimum, which kind of sucks but it has to be done to maintain a reasonable anonymous presence on their platform.
Who gives a crap about any tos? I have never read one in my life and will never. I'm simply going to do whatever the hell I want on any service.
In the case of Facebook you will probably not get flagged even when you are a complete jackass, anonymous or not. Twenty percent of the userbase would disappear
What is the utility of Facebook if you're anonymous? I thought it was used to communicate with, schedule activities with, and share pictures and videos with your friends. If Tom, Mary, Jane and AnonymousTorUser68292 are all tagged in a photo at Mary's house...that just doesn't seem to have much of a purpose.
There are many groups where people don't necessarily want their real info known. Domestic violence, rape and some cancer groups come to mind. Even HN allows throwaway accounts to protect sensitive info. There are more legitimate uses for FB than just the ones you laid out.
Just be careful, because if you are using Facebook with Tor, you run the risk of outing your real identity from things like your social graph, search queries, likes, and other metadata.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebookcorewwwi.onion
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