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None of this is really surprising. The issue with picture meta data (esp location) is well known and not Facebook specific. I was actually surprised how little
by dx034 9y ago
None of this is really surprising. The issue with picture meta data (esp location) is well known and not Facebook specific.
I was actually surprised how little information came with the data download. I would've thought they have much more information on me (e.g. profiles on usage times, scrolling behaviour, interests), instead they basically just show what I can access on facebook.com anyway.
Maybe they avoid disclosing that by not tagging it to one profile but to groups. I'd be surprised if that's really everything they save.
- blackflame7000 9y agoThey also suffer from the needle in the haystack problem that a lot of big-data companies run into where they have become obsessed with invading peoples privacy with the hopes that someday they can make sense of it. But there is the caveat, sometimes even when you get a large and diverse population, you don't get trends you get static. because everyone forms a group equilibrium perpetually invalidating one another's thought to the point where no one knows whats right; static. You are who you are and whether Facebook knows it or not doesn't change who you are and what you expose online. Data is how facebook stays in business, the really shocking part is that you just found out.