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So I have noticed FB recommend people that all attended the same party that I have no previous relationship to. It was more people than I'd assume would look m

by rubyfan 10y ago

So I have noticed FB recommend people that all attended the same party that I have no previous relationship to. It was more people than I'd assume would look me up or be able to spell my name, so quite weird. I didn't assume a mic situation, I assumed the app can read SSIDs or something similar. I don't allow FB to use location services, so either they buy my location from Waze and link it back to my FB ID somehow or the SSID thing. I could see it being technically feasible to sample audio on multiple devices to see who's in the same location, something like Shazam and less for actual content analysis. Nonetheless it is scary. Imagine you were gay in 95% of the countries in the world. Or Muslim in the US. Or Palestinian in Israel. Or Uyghur in China. Just being in the same vicinity as others in your community establishes a network ready to catalog and analyze. It's more than FB though.

morgante 10y ago
> So I have noticed FB recommend people that all attended the same party that I have no previous relationship to. You probably knew some people at the party though, and some of them had location services on. It's really not hard to guess that you were at a party.
- rubyfan 10y ago
  Interesting, you think there is something at FB to detect an event like that? It's true we all knew our host but it was one of those worlds collide parties where he had invited friends, neighbors, old friends from high school, some work friends, etc.