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Re:Researchers Learned to Use Facebook ‘Likes’ to Sway Your ... by EB-Barrington on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @08:22AM (#16637394)
I remember posting a random paragraph of text I had previously created into an "analyser" on the Cambridge Analytica website - as an alternative to giving Cambridge Analytica access to my FB profile.

It then accurately deduced my gender, race, sexual orientation, age group, and other key data - all from a single paragraph.

No "likes" required anymore.

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Re:Researchers Learned to Use Facebook ‘Likes’ to Sway Your ... by laretluval on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:18AM (#16637736)
Would it have been inaccurate for you if it was just guessing based on base rates?
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