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Many people here are conflating the research done through Ad Observer with the Cambridge Analytica fiasco. There is a huge difference in terms of user consent,
by glitcher 5y ago
Many people here are conflating the research done through Ad Observer with the Cambridge Analytica fiasco. There is a huge difference in terms of user consent, and also the code review done by Mozilla on the open source Ad Observer plugin.
For a much better explanation of the distinct differences between these two situations, please see this EFF article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/facebooks-attack-research-everyones-problem https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/facebooks-attack-resea...
- sfifs 5y agoAt the end, this is all about business and reputational risk arising from the research data being misused ala Cambridge Analytica. Risks are quantifiable based on past litigation history. So why can't FB require the researchers to provide indemnity secured by their college's fund or through some specialist insurer? If what they're doing is really above board and data collected is secure, the indemnity will never be called in and everyone can be happy.