What really drives me crazy is how people are still surprised by this kind of thing. I stopped using Facebook four years ago, and I think it was one of the smartest decisions I've made. I value my privacy. There is so much complaining online about how Facebook is taking over everything, yet there is no action. If you have a problem with it, then don't use the service!

What really drives _me_ crazy is that the operating system on my phone doesn't give me control of what information and control I allow installed software to use (Android). I do use CyanogenMod which has something like control, but it is very displeasing that the stock options are either giving the developer every access right or not install the app.

I don't want to use either Android or iOS. I don't want to use Java or anything like it. The hardware I have is orders of magnitude more powerful than it needs to be to do the things I want it to do, and yet it does them poorly.

If I had a million dollars I'd make my own OS without all of the stupid waste, and I'm very surprised that nobody else has bothered to do so (well).

Have you tried https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy ? Works pretty well for controlling your info on Android.