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I have a side question if anyone knows. How does Facebook know contacts from my email address book even though I have not given them permission to search friends in my email?

I created a fresh FB account, and right away saw suggested people showing up in FB and these people are all in my Gmail address book. How is it possible that FB know this?

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Your contacts have your email on their list, and they gave permission to facebook look at it.

You mean, people in my email address book gave permission to FB to show themselves up when I get on FB?

If this is correct, how do I prevent this for myself? How do I not give permission to FB, prevent myself from showing up in someone else' FB profile when they get on FB?

The only winning move, is not to play. Facebook-free even in 2011, and I still have friends, a social life, and all the perks of 'being human', with none of the Facebook privacy problems. :-)

The only reason I'm messing with it is because Nintendo DS XL has partnered with FB to let me upload my photos to FB. I don't have a stinking SDHC card reader and I need to take my photos out of this device.

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