So in January, I hired a maid to do a deep cleaning of my place. Lo and behold, guess who Facebook suggests as a friend today to me?

Yes, Maid Green - the company I used. I don't know how they tracked that, and frankly, it's a bit terrifying. (We don't share any friends, I never published anything publicly about it... the only online mentions are a series of emails from Gmail and my credit card swiping).

I'm actually really curious how they connected me to her.

Posted by roy on March 9, 2010 at 10:20 PM in Ramblings | 7 Comments

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Comment posted on March 10th, 2010 at 04:06 PM
i am guessing that Maid Green allowed FB to access their address book to look for friends.

b/c i had the same weird feeling when i signed up for linked in... they knew that i knew this guy, who is a business acquaintence, and who is someone i've only ever corresponded with via my work email account. yet, i had signed up for linked in via my personal Gmail account....

i'm guessing that Linked In scraped his address book and matched via name, not email.
Comment posted on March 10th, 2010 at 04:08 PM
Oh, you totally explained it. I hadn't thought about the angle coming from her - i was just thinking about it from my side.

Smart of you!
Comment posted on March 10th, 2010 at 03:37 PM
sir, all i really care about is whether or not you added her as a friend. tell me now!
Comment posted on March 10th, 2010 at 04:08 PM
uh, no.

PM5K (guest)

Comment posted on March 11th, 2010 at 04:02 AM
Thank God you are selective about choosing your friends, it makes our friendship seem all that more special.





lolz

pkwy (guest)

Comment posted on March 10th, 2010 at 11:51 AM
your maids name was maid?? that's super weird!

Lesley (guest)

Comment posted on March 10th, 2010 at 02:37 AM
That is scary. Maybe your were in their hotmail address book? I read somewhere fb can tap it (?)