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Is there a rock solid proof that shadow profiles exist? I only ever seen anecdotal evidence... and Zuck said he's not aware of them. The wikipedia page doesnt

by xexers 8y ago

Is there a rock solid proof that shadow profiles exist? I only ever seen anecdotal evidence... and Zuck said he's not aware of them. The wikipedia page doesnt have much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Shadow_profiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Shadow_profiles

rock_hard 8y ago
Nope, there isn’t. It’s just another one of these crazy myths floating around
femto 8y ago
Mark Zuckerberg said yes, but he doesn't call the data a shadow profile [1]. With apologies to Shakespear: "What's in a name? That which we call a shadow profile By any other word would smell as repugnant;" [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2018/04/13/how-facebook-can-have-your-data-even-if-youre-not-facebook/512674002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2018/04/1...