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Interesting trend I'm noticing with Facebook data controversies: 3rd parties are exploiting Facebooks connectedness to exponentially scale the # of accounts tar
by 40acres 8y ago
Interesting trend I'm noticing with Facebook data controversies: 3rd parties are exploiting Facebooks connectedness to exponentially scale the # of accounts targeted by an attack.
Both Cambridge Analytica and these hackers were able to launch a successful attack on a relatively small number of accounts and through Facebook's graph like network were able to leverage the initial attack to affect more people.
Social networks mirror real life networks; they can be attacked with virus like tendencies.