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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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