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I'm not as concerned about CA having data I've given to FB as I am about their admission of using it to spread false information. If cable and phone companies
by gdulli 9y ago
I'm not as concerned about CA having data I've given to FB as I am about their admission of using it to spread false information. If cable and phone companies were politically weaponizing my data the same way I'd be just as concerned.
On the one hand, maybe worrying sooner prevents issues. On the other hand, I don't want to assume a slippery slope out of principle.
- losvedir 9y ago> admission of using it to spread false information . . . weaponizing my data Can you link me to what Cambridge Analytica actually did with the data? I've been really curious about it but I can't find anything concrete.
- gdulli 9y agoWell the founder was recorded admitting to creating fake news for political purposes in an untraceable manner. The FB data would have let them target and personalize it. And the 2016 election was flooded with targetted fake news from obscured foreign sources. I don't personally have access to CA's operations and communications. It's for investigators to prove if A and B are connected. It's up to us to deploy Occam's razor.
- reaperducer 9y ago>If cable and phone companies were politically weaponizing my data the same way I'd be just as concerned. What makes you think they aren't? They have influencers in Washington, just like any political group does. The only difference between what the ISPs did and CA did is that the ISPs sell the data, whereas CA stole it. Your data still gets transferred.
- gdulli 9y agoOf course they lobby, and for self-serving purposes. And that could use reform. But it's not related to the FB/CA story. They use our data to participate in the ad-tech ecosystem but that's separate from lobbying, which doesn't benefit from having my likes or social graph in any way I'm aware of.