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>>c420+(OP)
Sounds like the idea is that the fake profiles are created so they can make mass "friend requests". Then, when those friend requests are accepted by some amount of your actual friends, it unlocks more access to your data. Or even more if you're fooled and accept one of the fake profiles as a friend/follower.

I guess NYPD's way around people that don't make their profiles fully public.

It would be interesting if Facebook is willing to punish/ban/etc not just the companies directly doing this, but their clients as well.

>>tyingq+W4
You raise an interesting point. Friend requests. I remember some researchers set up a fake profile of a woman who worked for the US department of defense. The profile was inundated with men requesting friendship connections.

I don't accept a friend request unless I actually know the person. Do people randomly accept these requests knowing nothing about the other person than what is on their profile?

>>Simula+66
I get a couple of friend requests a month, mostly from very attractive young women. I get a couple of fake requests from people pretending to be friends or family a week.