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Re:Algorithms and computers won’t stop terrorism by nebula on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @11:28AM (#9101610)
Forgive my ignorance, but what was that Target incident, and how/why algorithms informed a father that his daughter is pregnant?
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Re:Algorithms and computers won’t stop terrorism by JoshuaRedmond on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @11:37AM (#9101683)
I believe they're referring to [0], where Target's use of buying patterns on a loyalty card led them to send out pregnancy related vouchers to the daughter.

[0] - http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...

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