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Does anyone know of tools that make it easier to browse and analyze the data downloaded from Facebook or Google (offline)? For example visualizing the location timeline, statistical analysis etc. This is something I have been looking for for a while. Both as a tool to analyze my behavior, and to better understand and communicate to others how much these companies know about us.


I've been building tools for this at https://github.com/dogsheep

The unifying idea is to convert data dumps from these kinds of companies into SQLite databases, then query and visualize them using https://github.com/simonw/datasette and https://github.com/simonw/datasette-vega


I do not, but as the linked story mentions, the data they allow you to download is incomplete and the more "shocking" types of data are hidden in shadow profiles that Facebook do not allow users to see in any form.




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