I set up a new email on yahoo and then registered on facebook with a fake name. At least this way I can see what's going on. Just now on facebook they had a 'drop down' that asked me for a phone number. no way!!!
A few weeks ago I was on Facebook and I started scrolling through the suggestions FB had for me as"people you may know". In the past, these were always friends of friends so it didn't bother me that much. It was getting very creepy this time though, because there were several suggestions of people I did know, but had ZERO mutual friends with. Mostly people I had met on a professional level but nobody that I would connect with socially on social media. I was flabbergasted wondering how in the world Facebook could have the slightest idea that I knew these people. Their infiltration of my private life now seemed to be on an epic scale. Until it got worse...
A few days ago, while browsing the same section, I came across the profile of a provider I have seen here in Vegas. It is a lady I consider a favorite who I have seen many times and I just adore her. Still... she's definitely not my Facebook friend! We had ZERO multiple friends, and yet Facebook knows I've seen her (NOBODY who knows my real name knows of my hobby!). I now know this provider's real name and stuff about her personal life I had never known before. I was looking right at her personal Facebook page, seeing comments from friends and family, and shocked that Facebook seemed to be saying to me "I know your secret, buddy".
Then yesterday, ANOTHER provider I have seen multiple times showed up!! Again-- real name and a real personal profile totally unrelated to her role as a provider. It was freaking me out so bad and I'm trying to figure out how Facebook does it! Then I think I solved the mystery:
Both girls have given me their cell numbers. Both girls must have given the cell number they use for everyday life. Because they are both in my contacts and I think that is what Facebook is doing. I think it is accessing my contacts and suggesting people as friends. That is why people I have in my contacts because I contact them for professional--but not social-- reasons are being suggested to me as well.
I'm not sure this is how they are doing it, but if so, it gives another reason to not use your real cell number when seeing clients/providers. Every bit of your privacy could be revealed to them. I always figured this could lead to somebody tracking you down if they worked at it. But now they don't need to even work at it. Facebook does all the work for them. I'm sure I've given out my real number before, and now I'm probably popping up in provider' Facebook feeds. Kind of a disturbing privacy aspect of Facebook and the brave new technological world we are living in.
On my "real" FB page I get suggestions for friends who are escort friends. It freaks me out because I don't even use the same browser for my heather email and my personal email. But I do give my escort friends my personal phone number. Ah ha!
The last thing I want is this world to collide with the real world. Thanks for reconfirming for me.
I set up a new email on yahoo and then registered on facebook with a fake name. At least this way I can see what's going on. Just now on facebook they had a 'drop down' that asked me for a phone number. no way!!!
Fake name wont help. Neither will not giving FB your phone number. Somehow it is all connected
I figured this out about a year ago. You can also search for friends on your phone by searching your contact list.
A few days ago, while browsing the same section, I came across the profile of a provider I have seen here in Vegas. It is a lady I consider a favorite who I have seen many times and I just adore her. Still... she's definitely not my Facebook friend! We had ZERO multiple friends, and yet Facebook knows I've seen her (NOBODY who knows my real name knows of my hobby!). I now know this provider's real name and stuff about her personal life I had never known before. I was looking right at her personal Facebook page, seeing comments from friends and family, and shocked that Facebook seemed to be saying to me "I know your secret, buddy".
Then yesterday, ANOTHER provider I have seen multiple times showed up!! Again-- real name and a real personal profile totally unrelated to her role as a provider. It was freaking me out so bad and I'm trying to figure out how Facebook does it! Then I think I solved the mystery:
Both girls have given me their cell numbers. Both girls must have given the cell number they use for everyday life. Because they are both in my contacts and I think that is what Facebook is doing. I think it is accessing my contacts and suggesting people as friends. That is why people I have in my contacts because I contact them for professional--but not social-- reasons are being suggested to me as well.
I'm not sure this is how they are doing it, but if so, it gives another reason to not use your real cell number when seeing clients/providers. Every bit of your privacy could be revealed to them. I always figured this could lead to somebody tracking you down if they worked at it. But now they don't need to even work at it. Facebook does all the work for them. I'm sure I've given out my real number before, and now I'm probably popping up in provider' Facebook feeds. Kind of a disturbing privacy aspect of Facebook and the brave new technological world we are living in.
FB loves to share info! I started first noticing ads that would pop up related to a purchase I made online or something I looked at, I get that. Then I started noticing ads from vendors I had not visited online, that was kinda creepy. Then the friends suggestions but I had not seen any providers show up until I did some research on providers and there was that one pic they forgot was on instragram or twitter which led to me discovering their FB page. One of them had dozens of other providers as friends, that's when the friend suggestions started coming even though I was not friends with the original provider. It's amazing how many women have some small part that intersects both worlds and they don't even realize it Got to keep the two separate. It was however a great tool in determining if I wanted them because you get the just got out of bed pics that you probably wouldn't see in an ad.
It is not only FB alone actually. It's what is called "Filter Bubble" and it belongs to web 3.0 phase of history. nevertheless watch the video (link below) and you will see how it works. Pretty funny too
There's no privacy anywhere anymore, you may think you've got things covered, private and secure and then bam!
You have to be a professional IT guru hacker and then maybe you can remain private in the www. I tell my clients erase everything and for Petes sake get a throw away phone for 20 bucks a month!
As you sign up it automatically enables video chat on your profile. So random people call you whenever they want without any notice. A big no no for me.