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Re:Palantir is using War on Terror tools to track American c... by Angostura on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:10AM (#16875151)
Because what is clear to you, isn't clear to Joe public. Oh - and "company known for monetising private data collects private data" isn't the story. People kind of understand that. What they didn't understand is that "company known for monetising private data" actually sold the raw data, rather than using it for its own targeted advertising.
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Re:Palantir is using War on Terror tools to track American c... by beaconstudios on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:13AM (#16875170)
has there actually been any suggestion/evidence that Facebook sells the data? All I'd heard is that companies like Cambridge Analytica were using surveys and Facebook's at-the-time lax data security to scoop up data about the friends of people who answered their Facebook quizzes.
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