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NuDinNou

> Facebook is NOT a backup. If you only keep stuff in your Facebook account

That's not what a back up is. Facebook can be a backup for your photos.

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> Facebook can be a backup for your photos.

Nonsense. Try getting the originals out of Facebook.

Easy enough if you're in the EU, where we have laws about this sort of thing.

That seems strange. Is there a law mandating that all image hosts allow recovering the exact original image?

That seems... impractical for a lot of use cases.

No, any organization that stores personal data has to allow you to recover that data though.

https://www.facebook.com/settings > Download a copy of your Facebook data.

Just did exactly that. Thanks!

It can't be. Try to upload some hi-res photo and then download it from FB. Now check the resolution of that downloaded photo.

Try as I might, I have had a very difficult time explaining to people that trying to print a photo you uploaded to Facebook or sent via text is not going to turn out well.

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