[Boatanchors] Facebook

[Jim Degenhart]

If your "Friend" goes looking for others they open up thier e-mail list of 
addresses and facebook sends out a request to help them find "friends". So 
the data mining is from your email address in on their computor.
Jim
KF9XK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Heilsnis - WB2VSJ" <wb2vsj at earthlink.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Facebook


> 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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