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https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-profiles-zuckerberg-congress-data-privacy https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shado

• rock_hard 8y ago
  The content of the article presents no evidence, proof or confirmation from FB that such profiles exist
  • Domenic_S 8y ago
    It depends on what you mean by "profile". I've got a feeling you're using a very specific definition and we're not going to come to an agreement. For me, a shadow profile is a set of data that can be correlated with you personally after the fact if you do decide to sign up for an account.
    • rock_hard 8y ago
      I can agree with you on that definition and have yet to see evidence that they do what you say. I think we need to distinguish what data collection means...just because you have a Facebook cookie in your browser which causes the browser to fire a request everytime there is a call to facebooks domains and therefore send meta information about OS, Browser, IP, etc (which is hard to turn off without reinventing the web) doesn’t mean FB (just like any other website that uses cookies) does anything with that meta data or stores it at all. I think we need to be careful about judging what they technically do and what they actually do! Many people in this debate default to assuming the worst...which is never a useful position to take. I would suggest assuming the good intent on FBs behalf and then reverse engineer from there
      • mercer 8y ago
        Why is assuming the worst not a useful position to take? In particular when it comes to a corporation that doesn't have my best interests as its primary concern (if at all)? I'd argue that, in general, assuming the worst is probably the best starting point. Trust is earned, not the default.