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I think Poe's law isn't that absolute. Given HN style, I could tell his post was sarcastic.
Among other things it's virtually a HN rule at this point that the top voted post is critical. A purely positive post is a clear red flag and indicates sarcasm or some other snark.
Good. We can expect such behavior from vile conservative companies like Cambridge Analytics, funded by Mercer and the cause for Brexit. Why are they even allowed on FB? Such extreme groups should never be allowed.
Could you please stop using the site for political and/or ideological battle and start commenting civilly and substantively? The guidelines should be quite clear on this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
If such a discussion is not expected on HN, I am probably in the wrong place.
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Wait. The very same Ted Cruz who is now president of the United States of America? Impressive.
After the primaries they were hired by Trump. Trump is the president now.
How do I know they weren't the reason Cruz lost? How do I know that they didn't lose the popular vote for Trump? Take their word for it?
No thanks.
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Wait. The very same Ted Cruz who is now president of the United States of America? Impressive.
They worked for a more successful candidate in the general.
If they even exist in the future, I guess...
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I 100% believe in the fox to guard the hen house...from the other foxes. No point in sharing dinner.
Exactly. Facebook really wants to protect your personal information - it's their competitive advantage. If other companies all have your personal info too, then it's less valuable to Facebook. The last thing they want to do is let it get out. If you've decided to share your info with Facebook, well, that's on you. But Facebook isn't going to share it.
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People aren't that dumb, but it is still pretty scary that he'd be able to scientifically design an electoral campaign that can be updated in real time using various FB tools. No other politician has access to power like that. I can't imagine what kind of coalition he could assemble. I don't know if it would win, but if he takes whatever position his data tells him, the only obvious thing that would sink him would be…
Zuck is a Democrat, he’d get a pass on all that, especially if it meant getting Trump out of office. Let’s not kid ourselves, hardly anyone in the media and government would make a stink about what he does with FB to get elected. This is all hypothetical of course, he has to be one of the most unlikeable people in ages, and the reception to his “I identify with you, middle Americans” tour really solidified that feeli…
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I 100% believe in the fox to guard the hen house...from the other foxes. No point in sharing dinner.
Exactly. Facebook really wants to protect your personal information - it's their competitive advantage. If other companies all have your personal info too, then it's less valuable to Facebook. The last thing they want to do is let it get out. If you've decided to share your info with Facebook, well, that's on you. But Facebook isn't going to share it.
So much for protecting your personal info. That is why such a stink is being made about this story.
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Excuse me, I think you dropped this -> " "
Just as a great comedian doesn't laugh at their own joke, great sarcasm is best served without a sarcasm tag.
This is an especially egregious case because it was well-known a long time ago that Kogan extracted a lot of really sensitive user data via the Facebook APIs that could be used for precision ad targeting. It says a lot about FB that they took this long to take any significant action other than getting a pinky promise from multiple companies that they deleted the data. Even if they deleted the data, they could have re…
> It's bewildering that they knew this huge amount of sensitive data got into the hands of unauthorized third parties and were willing to treat assurances as a sufficient remedy. What exactly should they have done? It’s data, once someone has it, game over. It’s like trying to unring a bell.
I see no evidence that they have made any efforts to prevent a recurrence.
This is an especially egregious case because it was well-known a long time ago that Kogan extracted a lot of really sensitive user data via the Facebook APIs that could be used for precision ad targeting. It says a lot about FB that they took this long to take any significant action other than getting a pinky promise from multiple companies that they deleted the data. Even if they deleted the data, they could have re…
> It's bewildering that they knew this huge amount of sensitive data got into the hands of unauthorized third parties and were willing to treat assurances as a sufficient remedy. What exactly should they have done? It’s data, once someone has it, game over. It’s like trying to unring a bell.