How To Create An Anonymous Facebook Account
Don’t give Facebook your phone number; they’ll try to obtain it.
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There’s always some fresh Facebook scandal. They vary from questionable marketing to turning off Meta headphones. It’s not a bad idea to delete your main Facebook account, but if you still want to use the site, you can always make an anonymous Facebook account.
Perhaps you require one for work so that you can manage the company’s social media. You may own a Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset, which now requires a Facebook account for initial setup. Perhaps your loved ones like Messenger over other chatting services.
Whatever the motivations, setting up an anonymous Facebook account will reduce the amount of data Facebook collects.
Why would you require a Facebook account that is anonymous?
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There are certainly several reasons why you don’t want to post your personal information on Facebook. But in reality, they can all be answered with one word: privacy.
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You might be concerned that Facebook will use your information improperly or that another type of fraudster will steal your information.
Perhaps you feel insecure about using your true identity online and would prefer to prevent people from your past from looking up your current location. You can also choose to keep a low profile with your coworkers.
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You might work in social media management, marketing, or other similar professions, which is another typical explanation. You could have to manage a Facebook account for your employer, which you probably don’t want to link to your personal account.
All of these are excellent justifications for having an anonymous Facebook account, so let’s look at the requirements for creating one.
1. Create a Burner Email or Phone Number
To open a new Facebook account, you’ll require either an email address or a phone number. Your data may be linked if you use your personal email address, particularly if it was one you previously used to register for other websites. Utilizing a temporary burner email or phone is the best course of action.
You can use a service like Google Voice or the Burner app to create a burner phone number. You might also create a fresh email account without entering any personal information.
2. Create a Facebook Account
You can now use your burner phone number or email address to register on Facebook.
Select Create New Account on Facebook.com. Fill out your profile with a false first and last name, phone number, birthday, and gender. To prevent unintentionally disclosing your identify, be sure to not use any of your real information. Choosing Sign Up will confirm. Following that, Facebook will send you a confirmation email or text message.
Facebook will request for consent to access your contacts as well. If you choose No, other Facebook users will not be able to see your profile in their list of people they may know.
3. Start Adding Friends
Once your new Facebook account has been verified, you may start adding friends and uploading a profile image or avatar. Make sure to only include people who you are confident in and who you know well. You don’t want your contacts to tell other people about your new Facebook page.
Set your Facebook settings to private to prevent other users from figuring out who you are by glancing at your friends list. Go to Settings & privacy > Settings > Privacy > How people can discover and contact you to accomplish that. To prevent other Facebook users from viewing your friends list, click Only me or Friends under Who can see your friends list.
Final thoughts on Facebook profiles that are anonymous
Facebook will often urge you to confirm your new account. Never consent to Facebook using your phone number to verify your account. Got it?
The business is aware that you don’t own a phone. If you sign into Messenger or your incognito account on the mobile app, it will prompt you to sign in once more.
Avoiding the mobile apps can be a good idea. After all, with this account, no one will be on your friends list.
If you need to validate your account, use your burner email. Never use this email for any other accounts; only use it for your incognito Facebook account.
Now it’s up to you to protect the privacy of that new anonymous account. Don’t add too many acquaintances. Don’t include any that you are unsure of. Once more, perhaps don’t add anyone.
Retaining the privacy of your profile
Use a pseudonym for your username, don’t add too many people you know, and try not to like or comment on too many of your real-life friends’ posts in order to maintain the secrecy of your new anonymous Facebook profile.
Being careful with your Facebook usage is essential to maintaining the secrecy of your profile.
Maintain Privacy Online While Using Social Media
One of the various options for maintaining your online privacy while using social media is to create an anonymous Facebook account.
It is possible to create a space where your privacy is safeguarded in a society where our personal information is readily available.