[Boatanchors] Facebook

[Walt Heilsnis - WB2VSJ]

Your not the only one who's noticed.  Read this:
"http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/06/12/facebook-now-suggesting-friends-found-in-imported-contact-lists/"

When I signed up it said something to the effect "So that you can find more of your friends, give me you yahoo ID, Hotmail, Earthlink ID, etc and passwords and we'll upload your contacts"

Google Gmail/YouTube does the same thing.  If you have ever emailed someone via Gmail and you sign into YouTube and that person has a YouTube account, you'll get the same type of "Friend Suggestions" (FYI YouTube is owned by Google)


All I can say, it is you gotta be careful out there.

If you set up your accounts carefully and lock them down tighter than the proverbial frozen set screw in a tuning knob, you should get minimal problems :)

Walt
WB2VSJ




-----Original Message-----
>From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>Sent: Dec 20, 2010 12:24 PM
>To: n7rk at cox.net
>Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Facebook
>
>I am not confusing it.
>
>For example, few weeks ago, I received an invitation from somebody I know.
>I called them up and quizzed them. They said they had just signed up. They
>said explicitly that they had not initiated the invitation, for certain.
>And I believe them, because they too are concerned about privacy.
>
>I have also gotten unsolicited invites from many others, but have never
>had any extended contact with any.
>
>Given the evidence, I have to believe Facebook trolls address books,
>trying to build their data bases. Maybe they seek user permission in some
>obscure way, burried in "Terms and Conditions" for example, but they do
>it.
>
>Not for me.
>
>-John
>
>====================
>
>
>
>> John - I have been on facebook for 2 years and have yet to get any spam.
>> It works as it is supposed to. I find it to be a great tool for
>> communicating with my ham friends and other friends. It also has been a
>> great tool for locating old friends.
>>
>> "It is quite clear that when people sign up for Facebooks "service" the
>> site goes through address books and sends Friending requests to
>> everybody therein."
>>
>> I seriously doubt that. Sounds like you have little knowledge as to how
>> it works since you don't use it.
>>
>> It sounds like people are confusing you with a person of the same name
>> and that is where the requests are coming from.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave N7RK
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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