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facebook app that lets you record a message to be shown on facebook in the event of your death, morbid enough but the campaign to promote it involved a bit of creepy cyber stalking - highlights why I'm reluctant to use apps like foursquare

If I Die: Facebook App Posts A Final Goodbye | Digital Buzz Blog

[LittleMick]

I hate apps like Foursquare and co. Never use them but my mates like to check in to places on twitter and Facebook and tag me in posts. Drives me mad because I don't like people knowing where I am all the time.

[FluidD]

FB is creepy these days, it's recommending me friends that are not related to anybody else on my list. I have no frikkin idea how they know that I know these people.
I cherish my privacy and I don't like the idea that in one shot anybody can know what kinds of things I like, who I know, and where I go. It's crazy.

[moz]

Shouldn't be on Facebook then.

[Anxious]

That's a fair point, moz. Surely people have to expect that facebook will have your information if you give them it?

[Dusty]

The trick is to not give it anything meaningful. No date of birth, location, age.. blah blah blah. Facebook only has my name, my friends and my website URL. I'm even considering taking off the latter again.

[Starbright]

Why does it matter if someone know about you?

[moz]

He owes a lot of money to not nice people.

[Shiro]

Originally Posted by FluidD

FB is creepy these days, it's recommending me friends that are not related to anybody else on my list. I have no frikkin idea how they know that I know these people.
I cherish my privacy and I don't like the idea that in one shot anybody can know what kinds of things I like, who I know, and where I go. It's crazy.

I'm the same way - I don't want Facebook knowing anything about me, and I have zero personal information stored on it.

BUT, I noticed something fishy yesterday. I was using the facebook app on my iphone, and I went into 'people', and clicked the plus button in the top right corner, to add someone I knew. I wanted to search for them. Well facebook all of a sudden gives me the option to add a bunch of people who were in my address book as friends. This means, that without my permission, Facebook was allowed to scan my address book and check the phone numbers and addresses within and see if they have facebook accounts.

What really bugs me is that now when I go to the facebook site, they keep asking me if I want to add these people as friends. Not cool.

I'm not impressed that Apple allows access to the users contact list without giving permission. Unless I gave it at some time without realizing, but I really don't think I did, as I'm super paranoid about that and DEFINITELY wouldn't give the facebook app permission.

[oli]

Im pretty sure I had to give FB permission to access my phone contacts.

[dh]

In my suggested friends list recently was an old karate instructor of mine.

No connections directly, no idea how they know I know him?

Reading my emails?

[Shiro]

Originally Posted by oli

Im pretty sure I had to give FB permission to access my phone contacts.

If you knew my level of FB paranoia, you would understand why I'm pretty much positive I didn't give permission. I've never even installed a FB app, because I'm not willing to give my non-existent personal information to anyone.

[KingCraig]

Originally Posted by dh

In my suggested friends list recently was an old karate instructor of mine.

No connections directly, no idea how they know I know him?

Reading my emails?

This.

If you've done that "find your friends thing" so it can go through your contacts and sees which of them is on Facebook, you will have entered your email address and email password.

A letting agent I had 3 years ago came up my suggested friends. The only contact I'd had with her was via SMS and email, and the emails were still in my inbox.

[Shiro]

I've never done that myself. I wasn't willing to give facebook my email info.