Facebook uses location to suggest new friends

Re:Facebook uses location to suggest new friends by netman21 on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @08:19AM (#11993086)

Linkedin does this too. It suggested that I connect with an academic copy editor. My only other connection? We sat next to each other at a co-working space. Of course Linkedin was not using geo-location. They must have noticed that we were both on the same network.

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Re:Facebook uses location to suggest new friends by 0xmohit on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @10:50AM (#11994210)

> Unsubscribe from LinkedIn

> Delete email account

> Sell house, live in woods

> Find bottle in river

> Has note inside

> It's from LinkedIn

Source: https://twitter.com/darylginn/status/590664399041519617

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Re:Facebook uses location to suggest new friends by Jdam on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @08:55AM (#11993358)

agree, LinkedIn suggestions are really, really good/creepy, way more than Facebook, at least for me.

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Re:Facebook uses location to suggest new friends by cylinder on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @11:29AM (#11994532)

I can't think of a single reason to use LinkedIn's native app.

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Re:Facebook uses location to suggest new friends by fps on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @12:55PM (#11995353)

linkedin's IP based tracking includes their website, and doesn't require you to share your location through the browser. They've been doing that for years. If you share a network gateway with someone, LinkedIn will suggest that person as a contact.

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