Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

Re:Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine by ccozan on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:01AM (#16628144)

You must probably don't know how powerfull this analytics are. Is it possible to correlate and infer all kind of data, based on other signals, what kind of person are you.

For example if you drive a bicycle and eat beef, most likely you have a certain income, have a certain family type ( you use same IP!! ) , which means you might have a certain political view and concerns. And this is where targeted manipulation is active, they can drive you in a certain direction. Psychology at it's best.

This is how you win an election.

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Re:Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine by notheguyouthink on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:04AM (#16628166)

Agree completely. Does it say much more than my job though? My car? my public travel patterns? etc. There's a reasonable about of information about me that I expect cameras on every corner to know.

Giving my information to FB/etc though? That's another story.

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