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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by xexers on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:38PM (#16854981)
Is there a rock solid proof that shadow profiles exist? I only ever seen anecdotal evidence... and Zuck said he's not aware of them.

The wikipedia page doesnt have much:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Shadow_profiles

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by femto on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:49AM (#16855554)
Mark Zuckerberg said yes, but he doesn't call the data a shadow profile [1].

With apologies to Shakespear:

"What's in a name? That which we call a shadow profile By any other word would smell as repugnant;"

[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2018/04/1...

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