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Re:Facebook was warned about app permissions in 2011 by downandout on Saturday March 24, 2018 @11:53PM (#16670634)
First, Facebook didn’t allow CA to do anything. That’s because CA didn’t ever have an app on Facebook. The app in question was a personality quiz created by an independent developer. It accessed a small fraction of the number of profiles that OFA did, and it was only able to do so over a much longer period of time. The data from the app was then sold to CA years after the fact. It was a normal app that operated within the normal parameters imposed by Facebook on all other applications.

That’s far different than the Obama situation. They accessed ~4 times the number of profiles, and were allowed to keep the data current because Facebook voluntarily removed the API limits for them. Why would you question Obama’s own campaign director? As if it were a secret that Facebook is left leaning and wanted to help Obama.

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Re:Facebook was warned about app permissions in 2011 by IAmEveryone on Sunday March 25, 2018 @12:08AM (#16670702)
> Why would you question Obama’s own campaign director? As if it were a secret that Facebook is left leaning and wanted to help Obama.

Precisely because everyone knows/thinks Facebook was sympathetic towards Obama, I believe it's not unthinkable that someone used that fact as an explanation when they were asked and did not actually know the specific reason.

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Re:Facebook was warned about app permissions in 2011 by downandout on Sunday March 25, 2018 @12:23AM (#16670747)
Her statements are highly specific.
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