barryduffman

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by barryduffman 8y ago
I think that might have been true in 2009. It's far from true today. I just noticed this FB blog post: https://developers.facebook.com/ads/blog/post/2018/05/09/rel... . The chart at the top
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by barryduffman 8y ago
Unfortunately I can't find numbers that break down mobile site vs. native app use. Judging by how poorly maintained and how rarely updated the mobile site is, I think it's safe to assume that the vast majority of people are using
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by barryduffman 8y ago
"90% of Facebook’s daily active users access it via mobile" - https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/01/27/90-of-facebooks-d... And before you suggest that those users might still be using it on
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by barryduffman 8y ago
Did you uninstall that after using it? Otherwise that extension still has the ability to "read and change your data on all facebook.com sites." For all you know, it may have uploaded a copy of all your Facebook data to its servers
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by barryduffman 9y ago
Well it's an automated system, so it's highly unlikely that someone is reading all (or any) of your messages. The volume of messages Facebook and Google process every day is astronomical, so no manual oversight process would scale
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by barryduffman 9y ago
Google does scan for child pornography in Gmail: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2461400/how-google-handles-c... . This is done with PhotoDNA, a system used by many large tech companies for child pornography detect
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by barryduffman 9y ago
If they didn't scan and detect child porn, there would be articles about how they're letting people get away with sharing child porn on Messenger. It seems there's no way for Facebook to win here, given that people want both
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by barryduffman 9y ago
> so the original memo was more of a put up or shut up piece than an RFC. That couldn't be further from the truth. Facebook's internal communications happen almost 100% exclusively through Facebook itself, meaning this "me
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by barryduffman 9y ago
So now you've given that extension full access to your Facebook account. And if you didn't uninstall it after using it, it's still able to see everything you do on Facebook. How is this any different from the Cambridge Analyt