Facebook privacy and Hotmail contacts

[LOOPYdj]

So, I rarely use the thing - that's besides the point though - but I've started to notice Hotmail contacts appearing in the "People You May Know" / "Suggestions" part of Facebook.

I never gave Facebook the password to my Hotmail, so how did they get access to these contacts?

Anyone else seeing this too?

[tattboy68]

Same kind of thing has happenned to me recently


I no longer have a facebook page
Was finding it too distracting

[LOOPYdj]

Yeah it's all rather disturbing, and is the reason why I don't bother using it much, letting alone sharing real personal stuff like many people do. Their privacy policies go up and down more than a $2 hooker.

[Virtual-R]

This doesn't happen because of your personal contact list, It's due to you being on the other peoples msn list. The other people will allow facebook to access their messenger / hotmail contacts, and when you appear in them, it notifies you that facebook has recognised you through that person and asks if you want to connect to them. It's a fairly simple script that works quite well, but I also find that people you have blocked can sometimes come up in a email / messenger search, facebook doesn't always recognise such a person is blocked and trys to link you to them, which can be quite annoying as you can imagine.

[LOOPYdj]

Ahh well that makes sense now, thanks for that. I still don't trust their Privacy policy though, so I won't be adding any more info than what I have now. Cheers.