[Fazerpete05]

Someone gave me an email address yesterday which I added to the details on the persons "contact" record on the iPhone.
Clicked "done" and a screen pops up, would you like to "sync" your facebook contacts with your phone records.
Intrigued, I took it one step further.
Up pops my facebook contact list.......AND a list of facebook details for people who's names I didn't even know.
It dawned on me that these were people who had phoned me recently, but I might not have known their names previously.
Among them were 2 people who's first names I knew, but not surnames, and who's phone numbers were stored on my phone.
Contacted both of them, and they were sure they had never registered their phone numbers on Facebook.
So how the fcuk do Apple / Facebook make the connection?

[The Greek AKA The cat]

No idea Pete! Even thinking about it systematically it isn't possible. There has to be a link between name and number somewhere? So I suspect those people entered their number at some stage.

[Fazerpete05]

Found the reason. Facebook updated to my new phone number...apparently without me knowing, when I downloaded the FB app.
This is where it gets strange. Anyone I have phoned, and whose phone number is registered with FB, is considered a possible candidate during syncing.
Doesn't matter whether or not that person is personally known to me...........e.g. my kids schoolteacher who I phoned to confirm a sick note.
That's gotta be an abuse of the Data Protection Act?

The Greek AKA The cat, on 25 September 2011 - 05:53 AM, said:

No idea Pete! Even thinking about it systematically it isn't possible. There has to be a link between name and number somewhere? So I suspect those people entered their number at some stage.

[Alan]

Interesting

[Rogue]

In your FB settings, you can choose to disable your mobile number, or just leave your friends/public access to your number. When you sync it, everything gets pulled in together.
As for abuse on Data Protection Act, it's up to the user to set security settings, not FB.
On a side note, even if you deleted your account, FB will still keep all your data on a server somewhere, so you are never really deleted.

[Tripleman]

The misgivings I have have over Facebook and Google mount daily. I really want as little to do with them as possible. Think of it this way, would you hand over the the government all the information that you happily dish out to either of these organisations?

Too late, you probably already have.

[Fazerpete05]

Just noticed this on Journal.ie earlier
Europe.v.Facebook

[Rogue]

Interesting read. Think I'll post it to FB.

[Tripleman]

Fazerpete05, on 26 September 2011 - 07:44 PM, said:

Just noticed this on Journal.ie earlier
Europe.v.Facebook

Maybe FB's defence will be is that it's not them breaking the law but those using their service. A bit like a guy standing outside a jewellers window selling sledge hammers urging people to help themselves.

[Tripleman]

Talking about invasions of privacy this appeared on another thread

Phonespy

It's billed as just a bit of fun, yeah right!


(It's billed alright... WARNING This app is a subscrition service and will cost you)

This post has been edited by The Mex: 29 September 2011 - 10:37 PM

[Fazerpete05]

Noticed that before. Here's another version.

GPS Phone Locator

[steophilis]

yeah facebook......

i posted up some nice nightshots of dublin last year and then deleted them off my FB page about 6 months ago, then about a month or so titchp posted nice pic and up popped my shot of the hapenny bridge,where the fcuk did that come from?

a bit offputting to say the least,

steve

[rizla_man]

That's because FB want to know everything about everyone and they're using the "Social Content" banner to collect all the info they want.
Facebook now makes public information like.
Your Name, Age, DOB, Address, When your home and when your not, Where you are at any given time of the day. What you like to eat, Where you like to go and with who, What your interests are and now they wanna know your WHOLE LIFE STORY complete with pictures of the happy moments. (CIA,FBI etc etc WET DREAM)
It's all a bit scary when you think about it, and even if you don't like the idea of Facebook anymore... they couldn't give a flying....................as they have all the info they really need on you anyway. Stored forever and property of FaceBook INC

This post has been edited by rizla_man: 28 September 2011 - 04:58 PM

[Tripleman]

This may help to explain things, from the Guardian website

Facebook outfoxed

The online campaign follows fresh privacy concerns about what data is held by Facebook after it launched features last week that automatically share what users are watching, reading and listening to on certain sites.