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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

I know this topic has been covered numerous times but here goes....

Had a horrible experience with Facebook /Fab this year.

I do not give out my details.

Cracked down on security and settings etc

However when I go into Suggested Friends - there are swingers there all of a sudden? People who's number I no longer have as I got a new phone and I no longer have my own number linked to Facebook

Does anyone have any suggestions or explanation?

Bit baffled here!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

what about the email address on your facebook?

I have no phone number listed on FB and the email registred on it, is one I only use for facebook

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Nope I've the email hidden/unlinked too and the people coming up would never have had my email address

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

that's reallly strange

I'd report it to Facebook because obviously your privacy settings are not working!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you have the friends who are swingers or on here they could be friended by people from here and maybe that's why you are getting these people as suggested friends

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"If you have the friends who are swingers or on here they could be friended by people from here and maybe that's why you are getting these people as suggested friends "

I'm friends with nobody off here on Facebook that's the confusing part

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Hmmmm definitely makes no sense. If you have a facebook app on your phone it could be reading numbers from your phone or sim. The information facebook get from PCs and phones is unreal

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By *o pants partyCouple over a year ago

Dublin

Miss pure filth had something up about this exact same thing happening to her a couple of days ago in her status...very worrying!

I'm not on FB so I can't comment personally. ...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If you have the friends who are swingers or on here they could be friended by people from here and maybe that's why you are getting these people as suggested friends

I'm friends with nobody off here on Facebook that's the confusing part"

Happened here too. And its not that I emailed people from here. Mind you these modern phones. Sync stuff from accounts. Do you have whatsapp? Because i do and whatsapp a few on here. Maybe that, although I cant see, cant remember if we use just our phone number or email to sign up for it...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If you have the friends who are swingers or on here they could be friended by people from here and maybe that's why you are getting these people as suggested friends

I'm friends with nobody off here on Facebook that's the confusing part"

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By *elfastDMan over a year ago

belfast

Have you ever looked at their Facebook page?

I've had someone pop up on suggested friends but not from here

I think it might have been people who have either looked at your page or you have looked at theirs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I have noticed this recently also!!! I know facebook changed there cookies and all that, and if you are logged on a computer to facebook, they can see the other sites you go on, i.e. fab!!

I keep facebook and fab separate from each other! My fab friends are there and facebook is kept well away from it, but I did notice 3 suggestions on facebook were actually fab friends!!!

It's messed up I think!! I tend to keep on fab on my laptop now and have facebook on my phone, to minimise what facebook are peeking into!!

But only a matter of time when they push for more privacy data to where they will know what we had for dinner!!

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By *avie tCouple over a year ago

otherside of nowhere

Think this is a recurring problem especially if you use your smart phone for both every thing is synced

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Literally just noticed the exact same thing today!!! Two guys I met off here before I no longer have their numbers on my phone and their pics popped up on my suggested friends and neither of their names were the names they told me!!

very very strange, the facebook thing not the fake names! Used to that on here unfortunately!!! Looks like there is no hiding anymore!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You know maybe it's kik??? They are still contacts in my kik, could be their email addresses....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You know maybe it's kik??? They are still contacts in my kik, could be their email addresses.... "

Yep it's defo kik that's synced with Facebook....

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By *ean0001Man over a year ago

Dublin West

If you access Facebook from a smart phone it checks all the other apps in your phone and cross matches them with other Facebook users. So if you use whatsapp or kik or any other messanger it pulls them from there.

You have agreed to give Facebook access to your contacts, photos, apps, location, your call details and virtually access to everyone that you have any interaction with on your phone.

And it's only going to get worse..

I removed the app from my Android the update before the last one when they looked for extra access when most people either downloaded the update automatically or just hit the accept button.

If you value any privacy don't use Facebook from a smartphone and stick to the pc version.

Stay safe out there.

Sean

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Oh no that sounds like my worst nightmare....only people who have my number from here are a few close friends...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Is it possible that people use Facebook to sign in to other accounts .ie gmail ? Whatsapp Kik etc

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Miss pure filth had something up about this exact same thing happening to her a couple of days ago in her status...very worrying!

I'm not on FB so I can't comment personally. ... "

Sometimes people just have mutual friends

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

This happened me too but some of the suggested people i do not have on kik! I think most r linked to ur phone book in ur phone! So now everyone knows my full name that have come up as friend suggestions! WTF!!!

Is there anyway of stopping this?

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"This happened me too but some of the suggested people i do not have on kik! I think most r linked to ur phone book in ur phone! So now everyone knows my full name that have come up as friend suggestions! WTF!!!

Is there anyway of stopping this?

Privacy settings on your Facebook. Set it so only you or friends can look you up using the number/email address linked to your Facebook account.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've noticed this recently too. Find it quite handy for finding out that supposedly single males are either married or in relationships!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If you access Facebook from a smart phone it checks all the other apps in your phone and cross matches them with other Facebook users. So if you use whatsapp or kik or any other messanger it pulls them from there.

You have agreed to give Facebook access to your contacts, photos, apps, location, your call details and virtually access to everyone that you have any interaction with on your phone.

And it's only going to get worse..

I removed the app from my Android the update before the last one when they looked for extra access when most people either downloaded the update automatically or just hit the accept button.

If you value any privacy don't use Facebook from a smartphone and stick to the pc version.

Stay safe out there.

Sean"

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By *longshottMan over a year ago

Limerick

Install app ops starter and then control what each app can access.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I was wondering as in the friends suggestions...there are loads and we have no friends in common.....mmmmmmmm...time to take facebook off the phone

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Install app ops starter and then control what each app can access."

That's great, will try that! Thanks x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've had it too over past few days

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I was wondering as in the friends suggestions...there are loads and we have no friends in common.....mmmmmmmm...time to take facebook off the phone"

just been thinking the same thing!!

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By *longshottMan over a year ago

Limerick

Also check your settings in ads section of Facebook and also apps settings in privacy to see who they shared with.

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By *ord Willy McFuck-BucketMan over a year ago

newcastle

I must be the only fucker left in the world that is not on facebook - I just meet and talk to my friends - its great being old

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I must be the only fucker left in the world that is not on facebook - I just meet and talk to my friends - its great being old

I've mine deactivated...sick of seeing what people are having for their dinner and taking fecking photos of it!!

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By *ord Willy McFuck-BucketMan over a year ago

newcastle

"I must be the only fucker left in the world that is not on facebook - I just meet and talk to my friends - its great being old

I've mine deactivated...sick of seeing what people are having for their dinner and taking fecking photos of it!!

did anybody have any turkey yet?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I must be the only fucker left in the world that is not on facebook - I just meet and talk to my friends - its great being old

I've mine deactivated...sick of seeing what people are having for their dinner and taking fecking photos of it!!

did anybody have any turkey yet?"

Nah but there were a few chick chick chicken's....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Also check your settings in ads section of Facebook and also apps settings in privacy to see who they shared with."

I haven't had the Facebook app on my phone in over 2 years but it still suggests 'people I might know' that it really shouldn't connect me with. It's dodgy as hell.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I found that this morning too, suggesting friends if their number is in my phone

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By *BelfastGuyMan over a year ago

Belfast

"I know this topic has been covered numerous times but here goes....

Had a horrible experience with Facebook /Fab this year.

I do not give out my details.

Cracked down on security and settings etc

However when I go into Suggested Friends - there are swingers there all of a sudden? People who's number I no longer have as I got a new phone and I no longer have my own number linked to Facebook

Does anyone have any suggestions or explanation?

Bit baffled here!"

It all linked into your phone. I've notice friends suggestion Base on my phone list contacts.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Same here, I don't have facebook on my phone and certainly didn't sync my number when I did have facebook on my phone, really don't understand this issue!!!!

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By *iss my assMan over a year ago

derry/donegal

it happened to me last yearn i didnt have facebook or kik on fone

ended up having to open a new account on facebook.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yeah apparently I'm coming up in peoples Facebook also.

And im like... how do you know it's me? we never swapped numbers/face pics??

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I thought I had found the answer, but unfortunately it seems there's nothing you can do. You need to verify your FB account with a phone number.... and that's how it happens. Even though I don't have my number on FB public it still recognised it.

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