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Creepy Facebook

July 15th, 2010 No comments

I just got this email from Facebook (revealing personal details redacted):

From: Facebook <upda...@facebookmail.com>
Reply-to: Facebook <upda...@facebookmail.com>
To: XXXXXXXXXXXX Park <xxxx...@berkeley.edu>
Subject: YYYYYYYYYY Park is waiting to share with you on Facebook
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:32:53 -0700

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To see what YYYYYYYYYY is up to and start sharing, go to Facebook:
<link deleted>
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Hi XXXXXXXXXXXX,

Just a reminder that YYYYYYYYYY Park has confirmed your friend
request and you're now friends on Facebook.

YYYYYYYYYY Park:
<link deleted>

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

To see what YYYYYYYYYY is up to and start sharing, go to Facebook:
<link deleted>

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This message was intended for xxxx...@berkeley.edu. If you do not wish
to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please
click on the link below to unsubscribe.
<link deleted>
Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303

Well. If I didn’t happen to own both accounts, I might have thought “YYYYYYYYYY Park” was actually doing something to attract my attention. Then the scary (and creepy) thought is, how many emails has Facebook sent “on my behalf”?

I hated this when third party apps were doing this (oh, was that 3 years or 4 years now), and I can’t say I love it now.

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