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Google Search Results for Your Name Reveal Your Facebook Friends Even

Started by Broni , Nov 28 2009 10:38 AM

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Broni

Posted 28 November 2009 - 10:38 AM

Kraków my love :)

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Now this is new! If you have a Facebook account, searching for your name in Google will turn up not only a link to your Facebook page, but includes a list of your friends, as well! And that’s even if your privacy settings on Facebook are set to disallow public access, such as the “only My Networks and Friends can see my profile and personal info” settings.
Is this a deal between Facebook and Google? Did Google intentionally tweak their search algorithm to include the Facebook "friends" information? Does Facebook know? Did they help them do it?

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