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That's facebook's job

• cm2012 10y ago
  I know it's a joke, but as a high spend Facebook advertiser, I can tell you that Facebook only sells audience information in aggregate, not on an individual basis.
  • sreenadh 10y ago
    ...P R I S M...
    • cm2012 10y ago
      That's not sold, so not comparable to BB.
      • reitanqild 10y ago
        Evil mode: That's not sold No, given freely away for "protection". Evil mode off: I have less problems with western TLAs as they exist today but find it very scary to think about what might happen once we see a really big data leak from FB. Or Facebook folds and is bought by someone who's set on making money from the assets.
        • jwatte 10y ago
          Facebook is in the business of making money off the assets. The thing that keeps them off the worst edge is that they want to stay in business long term.
        • __jal 10y ago
          This is why I've started using the phrase "intelligence-entertainment complex".
  • randomdata 10y ago
    Not yet.
  • deleted 10y ago
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  • return0 10y ago
    They could use their ai to match you with advertised products. You wouldnt need individual data in this case.
    • cm2012 10y ago
      Still, the AI matches you into an "audience" which is targetable. It doesn't tell the advertiser that they're advertising to John, Jane, and Joaquin, specifically.
      • jacobush 10y ago
        Unless you make gender a datapoint, and advertise to a group of 20, where only one is male. Oldest trick in the (face-) book.