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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by jimsmart on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:38PM (#16625241)
Perhaps part of what's changed is that just a few weeks back Cambridge Analytica claimed — in writing, to the UK Parliament — that they did not harvest profiles from Facebook:

"On 8 February 2018 Mr Matheson implied that Cambridge Analytica "gathers data from users on Facebook." Cambridge Analytica does not gather such data." — Letter from Alexander Nix, CEO, Cambridge Analytica, to the Chair of the Committee, 23 February 2018 (PDF, linked from below page)

https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z...

— And now, it's basically been 'proven' by FB that they do. Of course the ICO is gonna get involved now.

Edit: plus there's also this Channel4 investigation which went public today:

"An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers."

https://www.channel4.com/news/cambridge-analytica-revealed-t...

— I think that most certainly puts CA into all kinds of shit they weren't in just 24hrs ago.

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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by roywiggins on Monday March 19, 2018 @11:01PM (#16625685)
They also testified to Parliament that they had no business in Russia, and an ex-founder (who left on bad terms, admittedly) has since come out and said that when he was still there, they were sending a Russian oil company information about how to target American voters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-ana...

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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by jrimbault on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:14AM (#16626989)
Question from a [mostly] ignorant person (me, about these subjets):

Why would russian intelligence use an oil company as a shell ? Does Russia sell oil to the US ? If so do they market directly to individuals in the US ?

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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by alchemism on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:31AM (#16628351)
Yes. Yes. Lukoil gas stations.
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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by mygo on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:51PM (#16632501)
you must not understand how deeply tied the oil companies in Russia are to their government. They are essentially the same entity.
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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by jrimbault on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @05:58AM (#16636697)
That I understand, but it seems like oil companies don't market directly to _people_, that they would collect data on individuals they don't market to seems highly suspicious in and of itself.
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