OPSEC social media related question

Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

So I deactivated, and all the way permanently deleted my Facebook profile back in must’ve been '22 ior '23, and I’m aware of the spyware nightmare it poses but unfortunately I’m thinking I need to set up a new profile in order to use their marketplace, I have a certain little something of decent value that I’m looking into all feasible channels of reselling it, be it locally or shipping it thru some site or service. Obviously this hesitantly so, I hate Facebook and want to go about this in the most op-sec conscious way, or as much as possible for an armchair noob like me who hasn’t quite learned the way around the whole root or kernel or anything crazy. Talk to me in college drop-out, duckduckgo terms. This is a brand new android phone with old SIM is that helps.

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ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
You could use a live linux boot disc and don’t save any info. Just need another disc to write the pics, or you could use it on top of another installation. Boot to live until you sell and get one of those extra numbers that forwards phone calls to your real number. All this could also be solved with shitty burner phone.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I would use any other venue available than FB Marketplace, honestly.

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- salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  In a lot of places it’s the only serious option for local sales. I’d love to see better alternatives push FB out, but until that happens, gotta do what you gotta do.
  
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scytale@piefed.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Check first what information is required to sign up again with a new account. Like the other commenter said, they might be asking for actual ID now just to sign up. In that case, just sell somewhere else. If you are able to sign up without providing any personal information, use facebook on a browser only. Firefox with uBO and facebook container. Use an email specifically made for that account and don’t use it anywhere else.

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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What type of organisation are you part of that you need to guard the OpSec (operational security) of? Are you sure you don’t mean PerSec (personal security)?

That said, please try selling your item in EBay before using Facebook, like, it’s not great, but Facebook collects so much more data, even on an empty device. Iirc they need to ‘verify’ your identity with an ID document.

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- linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz ⁨16⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  Life is a special operation, friend.
  
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