Can social media censor content? Google does it. So does FB and Twitter
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Quote:I have no doubt that they have shadow profiles ... but I wonder how what you say happens.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I'm not sure if this has been discussed around here:
The shadow profiles.
For those who are not, and have never, been on Facebook, FB maintains a shadow profile of them (or you) anyhow.
Say if somebody you once talked to on the phone gets an account with FB, then FB digs through THEIR computer or handheld device to find all of their business, money accounts, and contacts - including you. Since you do not have an account with Facebook, they create an account to compile data on you.
Your SSN, all of your phone numbers, address, DoB, children, etc.
Is there a reliable way to find all of the contents of these shadow profile with you personal information? Other than just search online and hope you get it all? A way to know which Big Tech Media have shadow accounts on you?
For example, if my friend is on FB but I am not, where do they get their info on me? AFAIK they have no point of contact TO ME. So when it come TO ME they have no devices to dig thru, to find my contacts, and info like my dob, friends, banks etc. So they'd have to go externally, to data brokers, to get my info. It seems like a lot of effort to gather info on a 'friend of' a FB participant.
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I understand that yesterday Mark Levin's new book, American Marxism debuted at number 2 on the Best Sellers List - all from pre-orders. At that time, entering the book's title into Big Tech Media search engine gave a valid hit on the 4th result. But overnight, that sole valid linky came in at 14 instead.
No censorship here, folks, move along now.
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Quote:I have no doubt that they have shadow profiles ... but I wonder how what you say happens.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I'm not sure if this has been discussed around here:
The shadow profiles.
For those who are not, and have never, been on Facebook, FB maintains a shadow profile of them (or you) anyhow.
Say if somebody you once talked to on the phone gets an account with FB, then FB digs through THEIR computer or handheld device to find all of their business, money accounts, and contacts - including you. Since you do not have an account with Facebook, they create an account to compile data on you.
Your SSN, all of your phone numbers, address, DoB, children, etc.
Is there a reliable way to find all of the contents of these shadow profile with you personal information? Other than just search online and hope you get it all? A way to know which Big Tech Media have shadow accounts on you?
For example, if my friend is on FB but I am not, where do they get their info on me? AFAIK they have no point of contact TO ME. So when it come TO ME they have no devices to dig thru, to find my contacts, and info like my dob, friends, banks etc. So they'd have to go externally, to data brokers, to get my info. It seems like a lot of effort to gather info on a 'friend of' a FB participant.
I'm not sure what you are missing.
Jeez, you even highlighted the pertinent words I stated.
I'll try to assume you are not pulling my leg.
Your friend OKs the privacy waiver which is required to sign up with Facebook.
FB immediately datamines your friend's device, computer, and everything that is linked or synced together with it, including any Alexa recording all conversations within earshot of every one of those devices.
FB mining finds that a month ago she had a phone call with somebody, who could be considered a contact or friend.
Since you were never a lemming of FB, they know your phone number is not one of their members.
Your phone # initiates a shadow profile, until it can be combined, compiled with other correlating data.
Maybe your friend put in your name as contact info on the phone app of the device. Or on the text messaging app for the same number. Or mentioned your name in the body of the text. Or Alexa (or any other hot-mic device networked in to their devices) heard the conversation, and heard your friend say your name, perhaps also the medical issues of your mom and dad, your kids, spouse.
Now FB has a name (or nickname) to attach to your phone number.
Also, even though NOBODY in your family is on FB, they ALL now have a shadow profile with FB.
If your friend transferred cash to your account, then FB has all that data. If your friend only spoke the numbers of your account, then Alexa recorded it, and now FB knows it.
Has your friend ever called you, or emailed you on your birthday? Not hard to conjure DoB from that.
I guess I forgot to mention FB datamined all of her emails as well, including the vast daisychained email addresses in the header and envelope of the emails.
In order for FB to sell or broker your personal info/data to everybody who wants to buy it, I see no limits on what they will look for or compile. They have vast server farms in Utah that have nothing better to do.
There are less than 332 million people in America to keep track of - do you realize how miniscule of a number that is?
AND THEN, if you have more than 1 friend, and they might have FB and/or Alexa?
I didn't specify, but think of how many "voice recognition" devices/appliances (meaning constantly hot-mic) are around, listening to every detail, networked on The Internet of Things.
Have you ever called some place which asked you to speak aloud your SSN? Done so at a friend/family residence with hot mic devices (includi
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Your friend OKs the privacy waiver which is required to sign up with Facebook.
So? Maybe my friend has my phone number and my email address, and maybe even my physical address. But my friend DOESN'T have ** MY ** SSN, all of MY friends' and family's contacts, DoB's, children and so on.
So my questions is - how does FB get all of ** MY ** information you claim they get from my friend? Where do they get it from if it doesn't come from my friend?
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Quote:I have no doubt that they have shadow profiles ... but I wonder how what you say happens.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I'm not sure if this has been discussed around here:
The shadow profiles.
For those who are not, and have never, been on Facebook, FB maintains a shadow profile of them (or you) anyhow.
Say if somebody you once talked to on the phone gets an account with FB, then FB digs through THEIR computer or handheld device to find all of their business, money accounts, and contacts - including you. Since you do not have an account with Facebook, they create an account to compile data on you.
Your SSN, all of your phone numbers, address, DoB, children, etc.
Is there a reliable way to find all of the contents of these shadow profile with you personal information? Other than just search online and hope you get it all? A way to know which Big Tech Media have shadow accounts on you?
For example, if my friend is on FB but I am not, where do they get their info on me? AFAIK they have no point of contact TO ME. So when it come TO ME they have no devices to dig thru, to find my contacts, and info like my dob, friends, banks etc. So they'd have to go externally, to data brokers, to get my info. It seems like a lot of effort to gather info on a 'friend of' a FB participant.
Facebook works a bit different on cell phones than it does on computers.
The Facebook App has access to things like all of your phone contacts.
Many, many years ago... long before smart phones, I used to put my contact's full first and last names in my phone. I had a friend back then who was no stranger to the court system. His older brother spent a horrific year in prison and was never the same, and he was currently having to go to the courthouse once per week to "drop".
One time I let him use my cell phone and he got REALLY pissed about the fact I had his full name in my phone.
Point taken. I removed all last names from that phone the next day. Not only don't I put last names anymore in phones, but I just use little nicknames I've got for everybody. Even on my relatively dumb [assumed] cordless phone at home.
But if you have a Facebook Friend that uses the Facebook app on their smartphone, and they put your last name on there (or even worse, your email and actual address), Facebook has that info.
THIS is the type of shit that happens when we allow BIG CORPS to do things like decide which speech is free, or who can do what based off of vaccination status. Especially when we let them get away with it legally by allowing people to simply click "OK" to a 50 page document of fine print nobody reads letting you know everything you've just sold to them in return for their "service".
You're either FOR it all, or you're AGAINST it all.
There is NO in between.
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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.
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Here's a good video on social media and what they're collecting...
LOVE Muta. He's good people.
Hope your friends haven't screwed you on that, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm sure mine already have. Unless nobody you communicate with has a smartphone, they already know more about you than you do.
Ever smiled for a family photo on a cell phone? Now they've got facial recognition tracking on you for the rest of your life.
All they need is just a few pieces of the puzzle, and it's not very hard for them to compile a full shadow profile on you. Chances are pretty good that things you've done on your own computer and services you've agreed to have collected the rest of the data. All it takes is one mistake along the way on your part by giving out information to somebody you shouldn't have, or hell... a major database breech of medical records or credit card info and BAM, they've got your SS number too.
You could always check your email address or phone number on a site like https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to see if any data breaches are on record with that info.
I mean... neither Google nor Wikipedia tell you that it's not safe to do so.
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Imagine the hypocrisy of a government who will allow businesses to card people to get a job or buy groceries, but won't card people to vote in elections and gives millions of non-citizens free money from taxpayers.
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Quote:Sorry, I hadn't finished my post.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:So? Maybe my friend has my phone number and my email address, and maybe even my physical address. But my friend DOESN'T have ** MY ** SSN, all of MY friends' and family's contacts, DoB's, children and so on.
Your friend OKs the privacy waiver which is required to sign up with Facebook.
So my questions is - how does FB get all of ** MY ** information you claim they get from my friend? Where do they get it from if it doesn't come from my friend?
Remember, your friend's Alexa ia always listening to her conversations, including those about you when you aren't present or part of the conversation, and FB has access to everything Alexa or any other hot mic can heard, or has heard. Plus whatever you talk about while at her place, talking to her, or to yourself.
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Oh... Alexa is only one small tool they have at their disposal.
Since everybody now is a corporate spy via proxy, Alexa hardly even matters in 2021.
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I understand FB can get my contact info from my friends who are on FB, even if I'm not. I just don't believe they get my "SSN, all of your phone numbers, address, DoB, children" etc from my FB-loving friend, like JSF says.
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