Subj : Re: Facebook and Smartphones?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Halcy0n
Date : Mon Feb 04 2019 01:02:01

 pF> The next morning, I went onto Facebook, and Dean was at the top of the
 pF> list of suggested contacts.
 pF> 
 pF> The only thing I could think of is that FB could connect my text history
 pF> with their user database, and that my friend and his cousin were
 pF> connected. My friend and I have some common friends, which could connect
 pF> the dots between us.
 pF> 
 pF> Or, it's just a coincidence?

No coincidence, that's how the Facebook app on phones works. If either of you
had the Facebook app installed that either of you had logged into, it
harvested your location data and texts. With that much data on individuals,
it's fairly easy for them to just extrapolate that you were either near each
other, exchanged phone numbers and therefore knew each other, etc. 

I would say the FB app is probably the single most intrusive thing you can
willingly install on your phone, probably about equal to any Google App --
that being quite a bit more difficult if you're on an Android device. But at
least go online to that google account and disable/clear as much tracking
data as you can... even if it's just for peace of mind, I mean... they
already have it all anyway ;)

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