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Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by linkregister on Friday May 26, 2017 @08:55PM (#14428318)
I wonder if I could exploit this to make false associations, e.g. save an email address with someone else's number to make that profile pop up whenever that person calls someone.
Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by eanzenberg on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:01PM (#14428337)
Sure, I mean one way to combat this is through data warfare and sabotage. If enough people behave erratically and poison the well of data it will make it harder for these companies to infer as much as they do now.

For example, click, view, watch, like at random ads and if enough people do this inference will be harder.

Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by matt_wulfeck on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:05PM (#14428353)
On the other hand, whatever brings power away from large telecoms is good for all of us, even it means integration with Google makes calling simpler and easier.
Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by jononor on Sunday May 28, 2017 @07:28PM (#14436548)
None of these companies are our friends. Not even in the 'enemy of my enemy...' sense, as these companies happily partner with eachother whenever it makes sense financially.