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My guess.. the friends you are coordinating with have your number in their contacts list, which they then allow FB to see. FB associates that number with that g
by bryondowd 9y ago
My guess.. the friends you are coordinating with have your number in their contacts list, which they then allow FB to see. FB associates that number with that group of people, and also separately associates your 'fake' account with that same group of people, since you're using it to coordinate with them. Now, if anybody else has your number in their contacts, FB might decide to show them to the 'fake' account, since they know somebody associated with the group you associate with. Three degrees of separation from your friend -> your number -> your friend group -> your 'fake' account
- ballenf 9y agoIf all the profile data is fake, presumably the phone number is too? If not, that kind of negates the whole post.
- bryondowd 9y agoI was referring to his real number, which isn't in his FB account, but is likely stored in his friends' contact lists on their phones, which they in turn give over to facebook. This lets FB create a shadow profile for him. Even if they don't associate that number and shadow profile directly with his fake profile, they will see that they have the same social circle, since the same group of friends will both have his real phone number in their contacts, and also be communicating with his fake profile through FB. At best, there's only two steps between his real phone number and his fake profile.