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Re:Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number m... by gibsonsecurity on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @05:09PM (#6964445)
We thought about that, and it would be pretty misleading. If they did find out data that way, they should really tell people how inaccurate it can be.
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Re:Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number m... by datapolitical on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @05:26PM (#6964511)
Why not just take a random sample of 5000 users and look at their snaps to determine if they're male or female? You won't be exact but you'll know if it's 70% women instead of 50%.
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Re:Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number m... by gibsonsecurity on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @05:46PM (#6964568)
Obvious privacy reasons that would probably get Snapchat sued, but otherwise, yes that would probably work.
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