Facebook knows too much about its users, and its users are too many. The fact is of course very good for the company. The data collected includes your personal information, contacts, city of residence, etc music and what Movies you prefer. All of these can help Facebook serve highly relevant ads aimed at your pocket.
What you may have noticed as a user of the largest social network, is that from time to time he suggests people you may know to add them to your friends list. The interesting thing here, and the potentially very worrying one, is that the service may use your location history to suggest new "friends."
The Fusion σημειώνει ότι το Facebook uses a combination of many factors such as overlapping friend networks and location history (don't forget that Facebook can track you through your phone too) and recommending new people to add to your friends.
Of course, this could be very good in some cases, like when you meet someone for a party or gym and you want to see him again, Facebook may find you were in the same place and suggest you become friends.
But what if you happened to be near people you would not want to meet again? What if you find yourself with people who do not want to learn your information through social networks?
Fusion mentioned several examples, such as a meeting of Anonymous Alcoholics where people want to be confidential, or from an abortion clinic and much more.
This, of course, is only one of the real dangers of handing over your data to companies in exchange free services: you don't know how and where they might end up being used, and the consequences might not be immediately apparent.
Surely, we can complain about these uses of our data, and perhaps find our right. However, due to the rapid development of affiliated services and increasing our dependence on them, it is difficult to cover that we do on the internet. This makes data collection very easy and then locating and harassing.
To prevent Facebook from tracking your location on your phone, from the Account Settings menu, find "Location" and turn off "Location History."
