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1. allear+32[view] [source] 2022-01-06 00:32:20
>>karlzt+(OP)
It's worse than that. FB maintains "phantom accounts" for everybody whether you have a FB account or not.

I've never had a FB account, but some years ago I got an email from FB listing a number of my friends and family and saying, "All these people have FB accounts. Wouldn't you like to join FB?"

The email included a reply option labeled "don't contact me again," which I chose and then replied. But a few months later I got the same invitation.

Needless to say, I found that to be deeply disturbing, and it confirmed my determination to never subscribe to FB. Later I learned about the phantom accounts. I'm sure FB maintains a dossier on me to this day.

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2. userbi+u6[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:05:42
>>allear+32
but some years ago I got an email from FB

I'm curious how it got your email -- and decided to use it. I have several publicly visible emails, and they've received plenty of spam, but none from FB like that.

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3. Gauntl+B7[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:13:30
>>userbi+u6
From your friends and family's phones, where they have a contact card for you, nicely labeled.

There's a lot of data flowing around out there, and people overwhelmingly willingly hand it over. You'd think that there would be a law that, having collected that data, they would be required to hold it in confidence - Not for you, but as an agent of the friend who gave them that data. And there likely is, but good luck getting it enforced.

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