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The most commonly known proof that such tactics are used is that Cambridge Analytica used social quizzes and games to gather data. https://www.politico.eu/artic
by 1123581321 5y ago
The most commonly known proof that such tactics are used is that Cambridge Analytica used social quizzes and games to gather data. https://www.politico.eu/article/cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-brittney-kaiser-privacy/ https://www.politico.eu/article/cambridge-analytica-facebook...
- cinntaile 5y agoI would argue that's quite different from when some influencer asks what state you're from without telling what state you're from. Quizzes and games give data in a much easier format compared to this. It's just a trick to engage people and people like to laugh with stereotypes so they happily oblige. Analyzing all this unlabeled text data to find out what state someone is from seems hardly worth the effort, it's not like that's valuable information.
- 1123581321 5y agoThat may be. I’d expect these tactics to evolve, but like most people I’ll only know for sure if it blows up in a big scandal.
- jackson1442 5y agoThey didn't use the quiz to collect the data, no. They used the OAuth permissions granted to them when you connected with Facebook to collect that data.
- 1123581321 5y agoAh, sorry. I didn’t realize that.