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That seems absolutely insane! If this is (or was) actually happening, I’m surprised we haven’t heard more about this. As bad as your example is, I can easily think of way more damaging scenarios.


There is a rumor that Instagrams "People you might know" feature also works on physical proximity.


Instagram recently asked me for permission to “find devices on local networks”…


My understanding is that this is usually for ‘play on smart tv’ situations, but the permission is most unclear.


That's a common justification for access, but it is no assurance to how they will actually use the data they gain access to. Knowing how critical profiling is to the IG/FB business model, I bet it snatches a lot of data to exploit later.




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