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I once made a fake FB account for testing purposes. I used private browsing in order to avoid having to log out of my real FB account. The two accounts never be
by rgj 13y ago
I once made a fake FB account for testing purposes. I used private browsing in order to avoid having to log out of my real FB account. The two accounts never became friends or shared anything. The fake account does not have friends at all. The email address can not be tracked to me as well.
Yet every week, this email account receives an email with friend suggestions. I know about 75% of those people. With some of them , I'm not even friends on FB with my real account.
- nick2 13y agoNothing strange about this. They see that both accounts are accessed from the same ip, so they assume you must know each other.
- pera 13y agoMaybe it's not strange, but it sucks from a privacy PoV: if you can register an account with somebody else ip address you will know who are their circle of friends, even if the person opted for having the friend list hidden from everyone.
- meowface 13y agoTheir "Suggest a Friend" algorithm uses lots of factors, including IP address history. This is also probably why this is a "wontfix" issue for Facebook, since the "creepiness" of friend suggestion accuracy is considered critical to their business success, going by how much effort they put into it.