Have you been getting strange “friend recommendations” from Facebook recently? Have you wondered how the social networking site has managed to connect you with a work contact or the husband of a colleague?An investigation by the journalism.co.uk website claims to have the answers: address book importing (ABI) is the technique used to transfer your email contacts between email accounts or clients. But ABI is also being used by Facebook and other sites to get hold of and make use of users’ address book information.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/25/facebook-users-friend-finder
Facebook users under friendly fire
Have you been getting strange “friend recommendations” from Facebook recently? Have you wondered how the social networking site has managed to connect you with a work contact or the husband of a colleague?