Facebook's History Of Shady Patents
HWM Singapore|March 2018

Or why deleting your Facebook account might be a good idea.

James Lu
Facebook's History Of Shady Patents

Have you ever had a friend suggestion on Facebook and wondered how exactly Facebook knew to suggest them? You’re not alone, Facebook’s ‘People You May Know’ section is one of the most controversial features of the social media website and as it turns out, what you see now is just the surface of what Facebook is capable of.

In 2014, Facebook filed a patent application for a technique that employs smartphone sensor data to figure out if two people might know each other. The details of the patent describe a system that compares the accelerometer and gyroscope readings of phones that are geographically located in close proximity to each other to determine scenarios such as their owners facing each other, or walking together for an extended period of time. If Facebook detected that you probably spent a long time in someone else’s company, it could suggest the two of you as friends.

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