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Bob Crane 72 Reviews 1397 reads
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1 / 6

I haven't heard of this happening to anybody, but it might be worth a read, it's pretty startling.  

 
"How Facebook Outs Sex Workers"

Leila suspects either that Facebook collected contact information from other apps on her phone or that it used location information, noticing that her and her clients’ smartphones were in the same place at the same time.

impposter 49 Reviews 121 reads
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2 / 6

Search Newbie and General for "Avoid Social Media Like The Plague That It Is" for many other discussions of this topic.  There are previous reports on TER of undesired outings via SM (social media).
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The nefarious tentacles of Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and others invade your lives (private and public) and will make connections that you never thought could exist, let alone be found.  Their stated goals are TO CONNECT EVERYONE ON THE PLANET whether they want to be connected or not.

Posted By: Bob Crane

I haven't heard of this happening to anybody, but it might be worth a read, it's pretty startling.  

"How Facebook Outs Sex Workers"  
   
Leila suspects either that Facebook collected contact information from other apps on her phone or that it used location information, noticing that her and her clients’ smartphones were in the same place at the same time.

DT_lover 188 Reviews 97 reads
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3 / 6

I don't do internet on my phone, just my laptop.  I do my hobbymail with Yahoo on a different browser from my real life stuff like Hotmail, Facebook, Linked-In...etc.

Facebook takes people I have sent or recieved emails from and suggests I friend them...including a scumbag lawyer I had to deal with 10 years ago.  When you accept terms of Facebook, you give up all right to privacy.

impposter 49 Reviews 64 reads
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4 / 6

Posted By: sammythebooker
Re: Keep location services turned OFF
This has long been an issue. You must keep location services turned off, esp keep Facebook and other social networks from using it in the background. Especially now, since the government is seeking new ways to track people.
Phones are tracked by both GPS and cell tower pings. You need to turn off your phone completely ... which is kind of hard to do if you're calling from the corner to get the room number.  
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It also goes far beyond location only. Every search that you do on your desktop (or laptop) will find its way back to your apps and emails to which the storm of pop up ads will testify.  The article cited notes that FB uses 100 pieces of data to find links between people ... and I wouldn't be surprised if it was well over 100.  
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Avoid Social Media Like The Plague That It Is!

johnpaintshop 22 Reviews 94 reads
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6 / 6

So I was just texting a message, and the autofill suggested my TER handle as an option. WTF?? Gotta stop logging in from that device now! (How can I erase an autofill entry on an iphone??)

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