[cmoneyspinner]

Just perused an interesting article about Facebook Shadow profiles and how and why they get created.

ARTICLE REFERENCE:

Shadow profiles - Facebook knows about you, even if you're not on Facebook

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Here is an excerpt:

“Despite the scary-sounding name, I don’t think there is necessarily any malice or ill will in Facebook’s creation and use of shadow profiles.

It seems like a earnestly designed feature in service of Facebooks’s goal of connecting people. It’s a goal that clearly also aligns with Facebook’s financial incentives for growth and garnering advertising attention.

But the practice brings to light some thorny issues around consent, data collection, and personally identifiable information.”


NO DUH!!


In exemplifying and explaining the how and why a shadow profile got created, it seems that somebody who is not even on Facebook got caught in a dragnet and ended up with a shadow profile.

Why was the shadow profile created?

The dragnet was the result a simple task. A person who did have a Facebook profile uploaded their phone contacts to their profile. FB software took those names and created a “shadow profile” … OF ALL OF THE CONTACTS WHO DID NOT HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT!!

That's the HOW. But WHY???!

Uuuhhh … just in case. You never know … the person might want to open a Facebook account. … Later on. … Eventually. … Some day. ... It could happen.


OK. Seriously? What genius programmer thought of that?

So Facebook just assumes that if you are already on Facebook that ALL YOUR FRIENDS will want to join Facebook too. When that friend decides … guess what? They have a profile ready and waiting for them!

Doesn't that sound SILLY?

It's almost like having a fake Facebook account that a program created for you!

As if Facebook doesn't already have enough problems with REAL fake accounts!!

Yes, I know. REAL fake is an oxymoron.


Related FC Discussion:
How many fake Facebook accounts do you have?

[Margareth1993]

Fake account or shadow profile? What's the different for the both of them the name? Besides it's just the same issue, Using social media not revealing your own identity? For what? to hide or to make fool of other people or to stalk without knowing that your beside of that account..Well I'd rather have to deactivate all my social media account if I will not just use my own identity.

[Streamguy69]

It was said the GM of the 76ers had opened up a fake twitter account for To criticize nba players. At first he denied it but then he got too caught up with it and had to tell the truth. He might lose his job as GM which would not be a bad thing