The Facebook 'Suggestions' box on the homepage just suggested I add my former employer as a friend.
This is fucking scary.
I have no contacts, friends, or any other acquaintence on Facebook or anywhere else that knows this person. I looked at their profile, we have no mutual friends. I checked my profile, there was no mention of the place of my employment. How the hell does Facebook know I have a connection with them?
I often think about how much information I leave behind during the numerous hours I spend on the internet everyday: passwords, addresses, credit card numbers, phone numbers, my name, my friends names... for an intelligent person, we are all very easy targets to track down.
Facebook must have found some link external from Facebook between me and this person. This is something I simply don't want to think about. Is there some other explanation? I hope so.
2 comments:
Doesn't Facebook do some creepy thing where it analyses your Gmail and other email contacts? Maybe your old boss had your email in his contacts list.
Ah this is true, but I can hardly imagine them actually wanting to add me on FB.
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