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But we don't know if these are false positives. The connection between all those examples doesn't have to be the suggested link. E.g. the patients could be sugg
by toohotatopic 7y ago
But we don't know if these are false positives. The connection between all those examples doesn't have to be the suggested link. E.g. the patients could be suggested because they have a common friend.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y agoYeah, the psychiatrist seems the easiest to explain since when choosing a medical professional people may ask their friends who they recommend.
- Seenso 7y ago> Yeah, the psychiatrist seems the easiest to explain since when choosing a medical professional people may ask their friends who they recommend. IIRC, connections like those were often explainable by addressbook data. Please assumed Facebook didn't have access to that when it actually did (I'm pretty careful about this kind of stuff and found mine had been slurped at some point, for instance). It's not inconceivable that a psychiatrist and patient may have exchanged emails or phone numbers.
- wpietri 7y agoSince the system is both aggressive and intentionally opaque, it doesn't much matter to me whether the positives are false or true. If Facebook would like people not to feel threatened by it, then they could either not do it or make it much clearer what's going on.