Re:UK spies using social media data for mass surveillance
by bobbinsbob on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:42AM
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I'm British and took that survey for shits and giggles, I like a survey.
Anyway I'm not that impressed it had me down as either coming from Providence (because I pronounce mary, marry and merry different), or Santa Rosa or San Jose (because I'd never heard of a drive through liquor store which actually seems a mental idea, from a UK perspective). I know it's not supposed to work on me but there's a massive distance between the first and last two places based solely on one data point.
Makes me wonder how this would fare in a smaller country like the England or Scotland, etc.
Anyway I'm not that impressed it had me down as either coming from Providence (because I pronounce mary, marry and merry different), or Santa Rosa or San Jose (because I'd never heard of a drive through liquor store which actually seems a mental idea, from a UK perspective). I know it's not supposed to work on me but there's a massive distance between the first and last two places based solely on one data point.
Makes me wonder how this would fare in a smaller country like the England or Scotland, etc.