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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by jrochkind1 on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:19PM (#33511786)
In this case wasn't it was a cell network provider wanting the info from twitter? why'd they want it if they already have it?
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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by shiftpgdn on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:23PM (#33511841)
They (the telcos) only have stats on their customers. Twitter has it for anyone running twitter. Further, twitters location data is likely more accurate than the telco due to positioning from stuff like wifi names, local gps, etc.
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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by jagged-chisel on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:22PM (#33511832)
Probably to correlate Twitter user names with telco customers.
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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by HWR_14 on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:29PM (#33512773)
Oh, wow. I didn't even think the request included Twitter handles.
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