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Later I googled "him" (or myself) but found nothing except that photo about "him", it is really weird.
Some of my friends already had facebook accounts, so maybe it has something to do with this, maybe it was my not-so-invisible profile...
Let's say my friend Jane is on facebook. She has my phone number on her phone with my first name. Facebook notices that this phone number is not linked to any other accounts, therefore I must not be registered.
Fast forward two months, and I decide to sign up for facebook. I put my phone number in (as a form of password recovery I believe) and it automatically asks me if I'd like to add Jane.
"Shadow profile" sounds scary, but in actuality it's just the modern web at work.
When you install the Facebook app on your phone it requires permission to read your contacts, call log, location, accounts, and application data. Is this true?
Let's think of a typical use case where a "shadow profile" is useful. Let's say my friend Jane is on facebook. She has my phone number on her phone with my first name. Facebook notices that this phone number is not linked to any other accounts, therefore I must not be registered. Fast forward two months, and I decide to sign up for facebook. I put my phone number in (as a form of password recovery I believe) and it a…
After Facebook scanned Jane's phonebook, and made the invites Jane asked, Facebook should have deleted your phone number.
When you install the Facebook app on your phone it requires permission to read your contacts, call log, location, accounts, and application data. Is this true?
It's probably just a line in a database with your email address and phone number. It's not like Facebook is actively keeping tabs on people that don't have accounts.
It happened to me before I created an account on facebook, that there was a profile with my name but the photo was of another guy. Later I googled "him" (or myself) but found nothing except that photo about "him", it is really weird. Some of my friends already had facebook accounts, so maybe it has something to do with this, maybe it was my not-so-invisible profile...
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I was being sarcastic. I'll probably never rid myself of the damn thing.
Dammit, it's really easy on my rooted Touchpad, but this thing's horrible for it. It'd be fine if it had storage space, but nope.