056: Facebook Shadow Profiles

from In the Weeds with Dexter Johnson · host Dexter Johnson

Have you ever thought about it Facebook knew information about those who do not have profiles? Denied by Zuckerberg, but the CEO did note that they collect information on nonusers for security purposes. However, the to use "upload your contacts", which is found in many apps can help Facebook create a "shadow" profile, which is an aggregate of data based off of an identifier such as a phone number, email address or IP address. [Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest posts. Share this podcast with a friend!]

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