Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens, not 5%

Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by cheeze on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:42PM (#19283941)

> Whoops, apparently we misestimated before. We're sorry.

This is Facebooks MO. Is anyone surprised at this point?

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by minikites on Friday March 01, 2019 @03:06PM (#19284754)

I've been told it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by odorousrex on Friday March 01, 2019 @06:31PM (#19286325)

I'm surprised it's only 18%.

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by kalleboo on Saturday March 02, 2019 @10:45AM (#19289638)

18% of participants admitted to being under 18. I know when I was under 18 I lied on every single internet form and said I was 18+

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by tracker1 on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:39AM (#19302538)

To contrast, when the XBOX first released, IIRC you couldn't even create an online account if you were under 18... I'm pretty sure most of the accounts were lying at that time.

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by yumraj on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:14PM (#19287258)

Wait for the next revision of numbers.

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