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> There is probably an explanation for this that doesn't boil down to "FB watched our GPS and noticed our phones sat next to each other at the same location for
by jetrink 7y ago
> There is probably an explanation for this that doesn't boil down to "FB watched our GPS and noticed our phones sat next to each other at the same location for several hours," but it still felt sufficiently creepy to make me uninterested in sticking around to figure it out.
That's exactly what happened[1].
> "Location information by itself doesn’t indicate that two people might be friends," said the Facebook spokesperson. "That’s why location is only one of the factors we use to suggest people you may know.”
1. https://splinternews.com/facebook-is-using-your-phones-location-to-suggest-new-f-1793857843 https://splinternews.com/facebook-is-using-your-phones-locat...