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> "here's a copy of my entire phone book" I don't know how or why that was ever legal in the first place, and why Facebook and LinkedIn haven't been sued to de
by DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
> "here's a copy of my entire phone book"
I don't know how or why that was ever legal in the first place, and why Facebook and LinkedIn haven't been sued to death over it.
The contacts-matching system is how Facebook and LinkedIn'ss ultra-creepy "People you might know" list works, and I have no-doubt this will have led to things like journalists' confidential sources being discovered and harmful outing of closeted people, and worse.
- whywhywhywhy 3y agoI’ve never uploaded my contacts to FB but it still recommends people I worked with or met 20 years ago because they uploaded theirs. Extra evil because you can be triangulated from the uploads of many naive people, so essentially they win in the end.
- aqfamnzc 3y agoSame situation with DNA. I may avoid getting an online genome test, but once a couple cousins send theirs in I'm basically a part of the network at that point