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> The NYU app scraping modality could easily do the same thing So could any browser extension with the ol' "read and modify your data on \*" permission. Or any
by XMPPwocky 6y ago
> The NYU app scraping modality could easily do the same thing
So could any browser extension with the ol' "read and modify your data on \*" permission. Or any browser. Or any third-party Facebook client.
There is a difference between being technically capable of doing a thing and actually doing the thing- especially in cases where the software authors are well-known and relatively easy to hold accountable. To say otherwise is a little bit goofy!
- ipsum2 6y ago> especially in cases where the software authors are well-known and relatively easy to hold accountable Like a certain lecturer and senior researcher at University of Cambridge? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kogan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kogan