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CA actually did get access to user data because they abused a loophole in the Facebook app API that let them grab all the details of not only people who used th

CA actually did get access to user data because they abused a loophole in the Facebook app API that let them grab all the details of not only people who used the app, but also every single one of their friends. They were also using data given to researchers by Facebook as part of a collaboration.

artificial 6y ago
There isn't a loophole with the graph, it was designed for this and was used notably by Zygna and later the Obama campaign. When the campaign hoovered up everything in 2011/2012 and set off alarms, FB saw what they were doing and didn't hinder it. Instead they reached out them, stating that they're on the same side. Hopefully these links aren't mangled. Here's the media championing it: "How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-... "How President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters." https://www.technologyreview.com/2012/12/19/114510/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2012/12/19/114510/how-obama... "Obama, Facebook and the power of friendship: the 2012 data election" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-data-machine-facebook-election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-... "the firm never tried to stop them when they realized what was doing, and even told them they'd made a special exception for them" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5520303/Obama-campaign-director-reveals-Facebook-ALLOWED-data.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5520303/Obama-campa... "Why are politicians now freaking out about a feature that has been publicly documented since its inception and that was discontinued three years ago?" https://reason.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytics-dust-up-reveals-lawm/ https://reason.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytics-dust-up-re...

artificial 6y ago

There isn't a loophole with the graph, it was designed for this and was used notably by Zygna and later the Obama campaign. When the campaign hoovered up everything in 2011/2012 and set off alarms, FB saw what they were doing and didn't hinder it. Instead they reached out them, stating that they're on the same side. Hopefully these links aren't mangled. Here's the media championing it: "How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-... "How President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters." https://www.technologyreview.com/2012/12/19/114510/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2012/12/19/114510/how-obama... "Obama, Facebook and the power of friendship: the 2012 data election" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-data-machine-facebook-election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-... "the firm never tried to stop them when they realized what was doing, and even told them they'd made a special exception for them" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5520303/Obama-campaign-director-reveals-Facebook-ALLOWED-data.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5520303/Obama-campa... "Why are politicians now freaking out about a feature that has been publicly documented since its inception and that was discontinued three years ago?" https://reason.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytics-dust-up-reveals-lawm/ https://reason.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytics-dust-up-re...