Facebook is using your phone’s location to suggest new friends—which could be a privacy disaster
▻http://fusion.net/story/319108/facebook-phone-location-friend-suggestions
Facebook’s ability to discern with creepy accuracy the “people we may know” has surprised, delighted, and horrified its users for years. While the magic sauce behind friend suggestions has always been a bit mysterious, it now includes some potentially unsettling information. Thanks to tracking the location of users’ smartphones, the social network may suggest you friend people you’ve shared a GPS data point with, meaning your friend suggestions could include someone whose face you know, but (...)