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Subject: Re: [OM] OT. The power of search engines, Google and goodness knows what else.
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:35:39 +0100
No need to be paranoid. Obviously, you have friends in common. Facebook 
suggests all the time to me that I should connect with friends of friends.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 17 Jan 2017, at 17:48, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> The power of search engines, Google and goodness knows what else.
> 
> 
> Three weeks ago we hosted my wife's daughter, and her son and
> daughter, for a couple of weeks. 
> 
> I have never mentioned their names on
> facebook, never contacted them through facebook, and have contacted 
> my
> wife's daughter only via her e-mail and cell-phone. I have never
> contacted her children electronically, nor they me. 
> 
> To my utter
> surprise, 2 days ago facebook suggested her son as a facebook friend for
> me. I have checked since then
> and he has never mentioned my name in his
> short history on facebook. 
> 
> Clearly, facebook and some other entities
> have electronic algorithms operating which have incredible, and in my
> opinion,
> dangerous powers. So far I have not managed to figure out how
> they came to link his and my names. This bothers me somewhat. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Brian 
> 
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