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[Sho_Nuff82]

It is creepy getting LinkedIn suggestions for someone you went out with once or twice a few years ago. You're like, I didn't even know they had a last name, huh.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I started looking to buy a TV, looked at reviews and prices. All of a sudden my Facebook feed was loaded with pages and ads about TVs. I wanted to buy some jewellery for my gf as Christmas gifts and the ads showed up on my feed. I then shopped for clothes, and the same thing happens. A week ago I looked for safety razors and now my feed is full of ads for razors and shaving creams.

https://www.facebook.com/ads/about/

Its a cookie and you can turn it off

 

[studyguy]

lmao I've had snap for two years and apparently didn't realize it just lets you add related. Of the crapload of people I know all of them have been direct adds. Jeez. Least that explains how random ass people add me too. /shrug

 

[TheNefariousGamer]

this blows my mind. who would choose that option?!

that's almost as mindbending as a 'like' button next to pornvids.

That's the only option, but other than that, a Facebook or Google or whatever login is really good from a security perspective. It's hard for a smaller company to make sure they're entirely on top of handling passwords securely, as the most secure techniques are changing all the time.

I guess that explains Tinder's decisions better than it explains an end user choosing that option. Oh well.

 

[dskillzhtown]

Tinder logs in with Facebook, Facebook owns IG.

The internet knows you better than you do.

Yeah, it's always weird to go on a date with someone from Tinder and then see them as potential friends on FB.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

this blows my mind. who would choose that option?!

that's almost as mindbending as a 'like' button next to pornvids.

It's an easy way to a) verify profiles (which tinder still doesn't do very well), b) let users instantly upload their profile pictures as dating profile pictures, c) show users what likes they have common, and d) most importantly, show users what friends they have in common, lest you want to avoid going down that rabbit hole of dating your ex's workmate or your best friend's sister.

They can't actually see your full FB profile unless you have it public or add them after a friend request. Your work and school information is optional, but personally I'm more likely to swipe on someone if I know they're a real person with a real job and that I know at least one person that doesn't think they're an asshole.

 

[mr2xxx]

I was creeped out when Facebook looked through my contacts to add potential friends before I realized how they did it.

 

[LakeEarth]

do you have your address book shared with Instagram at any point?

You likely did.

I did not. I wouldn't have any reason to, I don't buy online often, and when I do, I purchase cards at the store.

 

[BeforeU]

Tinder logs in with Facebook, Facebook owns IG.

The internet knows you better than you do.

lol this.

 

[michaelius]

e-mail addresses ?

Facebook sometimes suggest people who were part of my Japanese course few years ago and the only way for them to get that info would be if those people shared e-mail contacts.

 

[subrock]

I can tell who works in tech and who doesn't based on this thread. I had a friend unload his "Facebook is listening to me" theory based on ads he was seeing. With microphone access off it's based on stuff they can mine.

 

[glow]

Either you or they searched for your profile on Facebook. That data doesn't disappear like your contacts do.

 

[Nevasleep]

I think Facebook uses geo-location (along with lots of other tracking) so correlates people in same area, e.g. cell phones in x location for x hours per day.

The surveillance is real, just think of Amazon Echo access, and most people don't know or care (like me tbh).

 

[Crayons]

I hate this kind of bullshit. If I go on my Facebook account, the "suggested friends" is filled with men I've hooked up with.

I don't want a reminder! How am I supposed to enjoy having sex with strangers if their identity pops up on my feed?

 

[Saerk]

Do you still have their phone numbers? I think it may match you up through your phone numbers. If not that then you have their email address somewhere in your contacts. I believe all the social media apps crawl your contacts for possible matches.

 

[choco-fish]

I had the same issue with instagram but way weirder. My ex from over 7 years ago came up as a top suggestion on instagram. I'd never had any friendship with her on any social media (I wasn't on FB or MySpace etc back in those days).

I don't have her number or email and haven't for years, or any contact details on my phone or in any accounts.

when I started using social media 6 years ago the first thing I did was block her and all her family/friends. It Was a massive shock when her name appeared at the top of the list! How is it possible for her name to appear like that? She should be a total stranger.

 

[Enco]

Yea I got rid of Instagaram.

Shit was recommending old school friends I hadn't spoken to in years.

 

[True Savior]

Facebook (who owns Instagram) is needed to access Tinder. That's why. That you are not friends with them is not relevant (I get tinder non-matches suggested to me all the time on facebook).

 

[medrew]

I installed IG to look at a couple of profiles - then all the FB connections started pulling through. No-biggie, makes sense. But then the suggestions based on my 'likes' started pulling through my boss and co-workers along with old university people I only shared some group work with. I can only guess they have access to my gmail contacts (which probably also pulled through from FB at some point).

Fuck this. I'm now defaulting to Duckduckgo and using Ghostery on my browsers. I've become too weary of all these services tracking my every movement. I can't stop it fully, but I can at least mitigate.