Intrusive Facebook

Hello All,
If I am in the wrong category I apologize in advance. A couple of months back I wrote an email to the technical support of one of my email providers and I basically accused them of sharing my information. They responded very quickly and said they absolutely do nothing of the kind. Facebook continues to make friend suggestions and there is no way they could come up with any suggestions unless No. 1 they did in fact get my contacts list from the email provider or No. 2 they've been snooping where they don't belong. A little more info. I don't use my real name and and have about 8 people in the friends list. I use facebook only to search for people I've lost touch with. Could someone here please explain to me what they believe is going on? We all know this traitor Zuckerburg has been (and still does) pass info off to the NSA. Thank you in advance.

 

As far as I know, everyone gets Friend suggestions.
Based on what I've seen, they are based on your existing friends and their friends, as well as your own Facebook activity.
Sometimes they appear to be just random.

Facebook Help Center: People You May Know
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I appreciate your reply. However there is zero chance Facebook could have known about the last friend suggestion. AND I DO MEAN ZERO! The only thing that comes to my mind is a program written to slide under the radar to glean info.

 

Yes, Facebook as well as Google and many other websites spy on you, no surprise there. As Kestrel said log out of Facebook. Also close your browser and then clear your cookies every time before you go to another site or log in to a site if you are concerned. I use the free version of CCleaner for this because it is easy and works.

 

If this social networking site can do it, then Facebook can.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twoo

 

Thanks to all for not only info but also the good advice. I did some more searching on this subject and it was suggested to have a different designated browser solely for Facebook. This same little article also mentioned the clearing of cookies. Makes sense.