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30 mil US accounts on FB were scraped using Mechanical Turk in an ingenious way. No hacking was required. I don't think that for many it matters if their data
by 21 9y ago
30 mil US accounts on FB were scraped using Mechanical Turk in an ingenious way. No hacking was required.
I don't think that for many it matters if their data was obtained through hacking or through legal means.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/30/facebook-failed-to-protect-30-million-users-from-having-their-data-harvested-by-trump-campaign-affiliate/ https://theintercept.com/2017/03/30/facebook-failed-to-prote...
- ggggtez 9y agoYou don't have your social security number and loans on your Facebook profile (or maybe you do). However whatever you put on Facebook was your choice. Nobody "posts" to Equifax.
- 21 9y agoI agree with you, but things are changing. Facebook can create a shadow profile on you, friends can tag you into pictures without your consent, when you delete data it will still remain in Google caches and you will need to individually request removal for each URL, because it won't automatically remove them if the original page from FB is gone.
- 659087 9y agoI'm sure some do. Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard Zuck: Just ask. Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one? Zuck: People just submitted it. Zuck: I don't know why. Zuck: They "trust me" Zuck: Dumb fucks