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by fma 3580 days ago
I have coworkers' phone numbers on my phone so I assume that's how Facebook is recommending them to me. I like my coworkers but this is kind of creepy. Wish there was a way to turn it off, both directions.
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Even if you would "turn it off" and fb would not recommend it to you, they would still know the connection, and those same people would get you as a recommendation. So "turn it off" only would mean "hide the underlying connection".

Only way to prevent this is to hide/obfuscate/limit information that fb is accessing about you. And that would be a huge feat in an of itself.