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You are 100% correct about this. People have appeared on "People you may know" when I have absolutely zero connection to them other than I have chatted to the o

You are 100% correct about this. People have appeared on "People you may know" when I have absolutely zero connection to them other than I have chatted to the on What's App... I'm afraid I may have to stop using the service soon... was great until FB bought it.

javiramos 9y ago
I agree - it is amazing how even a small mention of a product in a whatsapp conversation with my friends turns into a barrage of related ads on Facebook. We have even started teasing each other by mention funny products just to indundate each other with irrelevant ads. So sad - my assumption is: anything you say or do in an electronic device is NOT private.
- bb101 9y ago
  I wonder how this could work when Whatsapp advertises that conversations are encrypted end-to-end.
  - jpalomaki 9y ago
    These kinds of things might be just random. You see probably thousands of ads during the day, but most of them are not registered by your conscious mind. Only when there is a notable connection to something, your brain wakes up and you register the ad. There's also the option that before bringing up something in conversation, your friend has made some related searches or reacted to a related ad. Facebook could then make the decision to show the ad to you based on your friend past behavior and the fact that you two had a conversation.
    - riteshpatel 9y ago
      > These kinds of things might be just random. You see probably thousands of ads during the day, but most of them are not registered by your conscious mind. Only when there is a notable connection to something, your brain wakes up and you register the ad. This is similar to the Cocktail Party Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect
  - 482794793792894 9y ago
    It's end-to-end-encrypted between the proprietary WhatsApp clients, but they might very well scan things inside of the WhatsApp client.
endorphone 9y ago
I don't use WhatsApp. Most of the people I know don't. People have appeared on my suggested contacts when I have no other connection with them. Clearly Facebook uses many, many sources of data.
- lazyjones 9y ago
  > People have appeared on my suggested contacts when I have no other connection with them. Have you considered the possibility that those other people have been searching for you on FB for some reason?
tehlike 9y ago
Im stating to use signal. Except network effect is strong...
coldtea 9y ago
>You are 100% correct about this. People have appeared on "People you may know" when I have absolutely zero connection to them other than I have chatted to the on What's App... Well, isn't it obvious though? Facebook owns WhatsApp and has access to both "social graphs". (Plus, it can also infer "people you may know" from people your friends in FB and Whatsapp know).
- nebabyte 9y ago
  Did you think they were saying otherwise?
  - coldtea 9y ago
    No, I thought they presented it as surprising, when it's totally obvious.

javiramos 9y ago

I agree - it is amazing how even a small mention of a product in a whatsapp conversation with my friends turns into a barrage of related ads on Facebook. We have even started teasing each other by mention funny products just to indundate each other with irrelevant ads. So sad - my assumption is: anything you say or do in an electronic device is NOT private.

bb101 9y ago
I wonder how this could work when Whatsapp advertises that conversations are encrypted end-to-end.
- jpalomaki 9y ago
  These kinds of things might be just random. You see probably thousands of ads during the day, but most of them are not registered by your conscious mind. Only when there is a notable connection to something, your brain wakes up and you register the ad. There's also the option that before bringing up something in conversation, your friend has made some related searches or reacted to a related ad. Facebook could then make the decision to show the ad to you based on your friend past behavior and the fact that you two had a conversation.
  - riteshpatel 9y ago
    > These kinds of things might be just random. You see probably thousands of ads during the day, but most of them are not registered by your conscious mind. Only when there is a notable connection to something, your brain wakes up and you register the ad. This is similar to the Cocktail Party Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect
- 482794793792894 9y ago
  It's end-to-end-encrypted between the proprietary WhatsApp clients, but they might very well scan things inside of the WhatsApp client.

endorphone 9y ago

I don't use WhatsApp. Most of the people I know don't. People have appeared on my suggested contacts when I have no other connection with them. Clearly Facebook uses many, many sources of data.

lazyjones 9y ago
> People have appeared on my suggested contacts when I have no other connection with them. Have you considered the possibility that those other people have been searching for you on FB for some reason?

tehlike 9y ago

Im stating to use signal. Except network effect is strong...

coldtea 9y ago

>You are 100% correct about this. People have appeared on "People you may know" when I have absolutely zero connection to them other than I have chatted to the on What's App... Well, isn't it obvious though? Facebook owns WhatsApp and has access to both "social graphs". (Plus, it can also infer "people you may know" from people your friends in FB and Whatsapp know).

nebabyte 9y ago
Did you think they were saying otherwise?
- coldtea 9y ago
  No, I thought they presented it as surprising, when it's totally obvious.