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It's hard to judge someone for doing something stupid at 17 when there's adverse influences around them. But Damien Patton wasn't 17 when he did this- https:/
by aeqas 7y ago
It's hard to judge someone for doing something stupid at 17 when there's adverse influences around them. But Damien Patton wasn't 17 when he did this-
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bgky/banjo-ai-used-secret-company-and-fake-apps-to-scrape-facebook-twitter https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bgky/banjo-ai-used-secr...
That should be illegal. Are there not any laws against this?
- pbhjpbhj 7y ago>But once users logged into the innocent looking apps via a social network OAuth provider, Banjo saved the login credentials, according to two former employees and an expert analysis of the apps performed by Kasra Rahjerdi, who has been an Android developer since the original Android project was launched. Banjo then scraped social media content, those two former employees added. // CMA (UK)/CFAA (USA) both make unauthorised access a crime, so, yes there are laws against this.
- bravoetch 7y agoMany livelihoods in tech depend on the surveillance economy. There are some laws, but they're not enough. Everyone I know that works for companies like this is able to justify it with their paycheck or the cool project they are working on. Ethics are never a consideration and the law is someone else's problem.
- koheripbal 7y agoNothing in that article is illegal, and comparing it to Cambridge Analytica is a huge stretch. Most of it reads like run-of-the-mill data collection.