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Speaking of which, perhaps someone can shed some light on the suggested friends feature. Many people suspected it uses GPS/Wifi to perform location based friend
by pwnna 10y ago
Speaking of which, perhaps someone can shed some light on the suggested friends feature. Many people suspected it uses GPS/Wifi to perform location based friend suggestions, as well as contact book uploading. However, it doesn't really explain my own case:
I recently encountered a friend suggestion for someone that I only know online (IRC and later, Google Hangout). I don't really know who they are other than a name (as exposed by GHangout). I've never met them as they are in a completely different country. I don't have the facebook app and the messenger app is forbidden to read my contacts as per CyanogenMod's Privacy Guard. I fail to understand how FB can suggest this? The only possible reason I can think of is when they searched my name on Facebook. How else can they do it?
- lathiat 10y agothey could have uploaded their contacts with you in it (e.g. by e-mail address) it's also conceivable to me they could be doing it using cookie tracking somehow.
- nl 10y agoIf the other person has your email address in their address book and FB has access to it then you will be suggested.
- junto 10y agoIf they have your email address and they leaked it, then the same applies. You get reverse suggestions. The sad thing is that you can be completely privacy conscious, but if just one of your friends, family or acquaintances uploads their contacts, and you're part of that upload, they've screwed your privacy via the back door.