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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. wackro+47[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:10:33
>>userbi+u6
People allowing the app to access their contacts presumably. Contacts can contain email addresses as well as phone numbers.
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4. allear+B8[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:20:39
>>wackro+47
I'm pretty sure FB accessed the contact lists of some of my friends. I've never installed the app or otherwise interacted with FB.

I also know that one of my so-called "friends" posted a group picture with me in it, and labeled the people in the picture. At one point I did a search to see what information was out there about myself, and that picture popped up associated with my name.

I guess that I'm just another casualty of the information age, in spite of my best efforts.

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5. nerdpo+0a[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:30:28
>>allear+B8
I have resorted to actively asking people to not tag me in photos.
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6. JKCalh+Ww[view] [source] 2022-01-06 04:19:50
>>nerdpo+0a
We reach.

But with ML facial recognition I figure the jig is up.

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7. politi+BC[view] [source] 2022-01-06 05:09:48
>>JKCalh+Ww
The jig is up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI

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8. vinter+NN[view] [source] 2022-01-06 07:13:22
>>politi+BC
Clearview is notable only for their brazenness. It's easy to code up face recognition these days if you have the data, and again, it's brazenness (in scraping) which is Clearview's main advantage here.

In general, AI that's hawked at CEO types and police is mostly snake oil, inferior to what you can make yourself if you read hackernews and are willing to dive into Arxiv.

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