Re:‘People You May Know’ helped Facebook grow exponentially
by Slartie on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:33PM
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I also have the theory that they are using WiFi names / AP MAC addresses as well. If you happen to be connected to the same private WiFi network, you probably know each other.
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Re:‘People You May Know’ helped Facebook grow exponentially
by jodrellblank on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:53PM
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Facebook has a patent for using dust and scratches on photos to track which camera they came from. But they claime(d) not to be using WiFi or Geolocation for the PYMK feature - https://gizmodo.com/facebook-knows-how-to-track-you-using-th...
Re:‘People You May Know’ helped Facebook grow exponentially
by Slartie on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:55AM
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Based on the track record of other Facebook claims of the "we don't do X" type, this is basically proof that they do and/or did do both of these things. Maybe "accidentially" and "unintentionally" ;-)