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I can think of at least a couple of startups I've come into contact with that collect data from user profiles on FB and other social sites. Wouldn't surprise m

I can think of at least a couple of startups I've come into contact with that collect data from user profiles on FB and other social sites. Wouldn't surprise me if there are hundreds of them out there.

greggarious 9y ago
What sort of data? It's normal and expected to collect public facing stuff like profile photo, name, gender. I'd be much more irritated if they're scraping entire profiles.