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More than likely his surgeon has an email that mentioned his name and he (the surgeon) ha given Facebook permission to check his email for contacts. It's the sa
by a2tech 10y ago
More than likely his surgeon has an email that mentioned his name and he (the surgeon) ha given Facebook permission to check his email for contacts. It's the same scam that LinkedIn does that leads to me getting spammed by people on mailing lists I occasionally post on.
- matheweis 10y agoThis. The user does not have to use Facebook at all, ever, for Facebook to establish the link. If the surgeon has the user's email address in his (the surgeon's) address book, and he (the surgeon) allows Facebook to access his address book, that is sufficient to establish the link. In the other thread about the psychiatrist, you can find where I discussed a similar incident that occurred some time ago between myself and a professor. Facebook says they don't use location data for friend recommendations (anymore), and given the contact linking it seems reasonable to assume that it is correct.
- r00fus 10y agoDon't forget the Facebook creation of your shadow profile... you never have to login to FB to have a file on you. I have a friend who is not on Facebook but his wife is and most of his friends are... chances FB knows a lot about him are very high.