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The Obama campaign literally did the exact same thing as CA. See this thread: https://twitter.com/cld276/status/975564499297226752 https://twitter.com/cld276/s
by bobcostas55 9y ago
The Obama campaign literally did the exact same thing as CA.
See this thread: https://twitter.com/cld276/status/975564499297226752 https://twitter.com/cld276/status/975564499297226752
Here's Time describing exactly the same tactic of friend-mining and using the data for targeting, and praising it as a game-changer: http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/ http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-... ctrl+f privacy -> no results
When we do it it's awesome, when they do it it's a data breach, it's a privacy violation, it's a breach of trust, and it requires government regulation.