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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared.
Interesting idea.
Want to be the next Zukerberg?
"And, as a bonus, our videos don't auto play!"
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@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared.
Interesting idea.
Want to be the next Zukerberg?
"And, as a bonus, our videos don't auto play!"
Now that's just a pipe dream.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA.
I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012?
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/ -
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA.
I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012?
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/Adding people as friends and buying private data about random people are totally different activities.
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA.
I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012?
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/facebooks-cambridge-analytica-scandal-explained/
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA.
I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012?
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/facebooks-cambridge-analytica-scandal-explained/
Now I see. Cambridge paid for the app under the umbrella of "Academic Purposes". Yep, that's a romper room No No.
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[Cambridge Analytica admits their illegal data and actions were responsible for Trump winning three states](He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.) and claims to have run his campaign.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
[Cambridge Analytica admits their illegal data and actions were responsible for Trump winning three states](He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.) and claims to have run his campaign.
I guess I am done with politics. It seems to boil down to the last liar wins......
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
[Cambridge Analytica admits their illegal data and actions were responsible for Trump winning three states](He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.) and claims to have run his campaign.
I guess I am done with politics. It seems to boil down to the
lastbest liar wins......FTFY.
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA.
I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012?
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/Because Obama isnt a lying sack of shit fraudster for the last 40 years.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ex-Employee of Facebook Exposes that company may have made similar user data available to tens or hundreds of thousands of companies, just like they did for Cambridge Analytics.
FFS, has anyone read their ToS?
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ex-Employee of Facebook Exposes that company may have made similar user data available to tens or hundreds of thousands of companies, just like they did for Cambridge Analytics.
FFS, has anyone read their ToS?
They violated them. They didn't honour the terms that they had agreed to. Like someone else we know .
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ex-Employee of Facebook Exposes that company may have made similar user data available to tens or hundreds of thousands of companies, just like they did for Cambridge Analytics.
FFS, has anyone read their ToS?
They violated them. They didn't honour the terms that they had agreed to. Like someone else we know .
Really? There were so many weasel worded things in there when I read it, I just assumed that they've always been "sharing" information they collect.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ex-Employee of Facebook Exposes that company may have made similar user data available to tens or hundreds of thousands of companies, just like they did for Cambridge Analytics.
FFS, has anyone read their ToS?
They violated them. They didn't honour the terms that they had agreed to. Like someone else we know .
Really? There were so many weasel worded things in there when I read it, I just assumed that they've always been "sharing" information they collect.
More than just violating ToS, they appear to have just plain old violated the law. ToS doesn't change the legal requirements.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA.
I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012?
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/Because Obama isnt a lying sack of shit fraudster for the last 40 years.
This isnt even the same thing that the Trump campaign and Cambridge did.Triggered much?
