[ARC5] Graphic Survey of WWII Radar and Comm Equipment

[J. Forster]

>>>> OTOH, FaceBook is malicious, like LinkedIn. I've been repeatedly
>>>> spammed
>>>> by them to join, often because their default settings appear to be
>>>> "harvest all entries in my address book, and spam them all".
>
> If you are NOT a Facebook user - then I doubt highly that Facebook is
> scraping YOUR address book for prospective members.

I never said that's what's happening. I am being spammed because other
peple's address book has been harvested.

> It is more likely
> that
> one of your friends that has you in their email address book and is
> using their imported contacts in the find  FB friends feature- If you got
> an invite from Facebook it is because someone you know choose to send you
> one   - I don't use that feature myself.

Yes.

> There is a method for non Facebook users to opted-out of invites from
> friends and it is found here:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=220219108064043

That what annoys me.  You have to actively opt-out the harvesting. That is
a malicious site.

> I get mails from "Facebook" and "LinkedIn" all the time- probably 4-5 a
> week ,  except the those emails aren't from Facebook and LinkedIn, they
> are actually  from phishing sites that want recipients  to unwittingly
> give
> up passwords/user info to use for nefarious purposes. Fortunately,  my
>  Google Gmail does a pretty good job of rejecting them.  If in doubt,
> don't
> click,  but hover, over the link with the cursor and you will see that the
> link is something crazy like e.facebook.com.rr or linnkedinn.com

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Whatever the causes, I have no interest in Social Media crap, and do not
appreciate any form of spam from them, or some other imposter.

Social media is like kudzoo!

-John

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