New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
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Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#2Direct response to the WSJ article published a few hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19226480
That was fast.
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#3Direct response to the WSJ article published a few hours ago : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19226480 That was fast.
I was at a local political meeting yesterday. This was the talk this morning. A lot of calls went from the State Committee and Senate to the Governor. Infuriating behaviour by Zuckerberg and Facebook’s employees.
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#4nit,
> Facebook is facing a slew of lawsuits and regulatory inquiries over privacy issues, including a U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation into disclosures that Facebook inappropriately shared information belonging to 87 million users with the defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
Cambridge Analytica is not defunct, but rather changed its name to Emerdata. It's too bad Reuters didn't get that part correct.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/02/cambridge_analytica...
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#5Direct response to the WSJ article published a few hours ago : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19226480 That was fast.
Outline'd WSJ Article: https://outline.com/ZUGZzz
Tangentially related article, with demands made earlier this month, by Germany's Federal Cartel Office (WSJ): https://outline.com/Rwbzv4
>The authority ordered Facebook to make changes to its terms of service and how it collects user data. Data collected by the social network from third-party apps and websites can’t be assigned to a user’s Facebook account without their consent. Data gathered from Facebook-owned apps such as WhatsApp and Instagram also can’t be assigned to Facebook accounts without user consent, and if consent isn’t given, the data can only be used within the scope of those apps.
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#6I assume this is other apps using FBs analytics toolset? Where I can send a custom event with {email:dillondoyle@gmail.com, data: {likes_dogs: 1, likes_cats: 0}} or what they are mad about is {weight: 120, has_hiv:0} ?
IDK seems silly to me or maybe I'm in too deep and can't see the forest for the trees.
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
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Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#8nit, > Facebook is facing a slew of lawsuits and regulatory inquiries over privacy issues, including a U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation into disclosures that Facebook inappropriately shared information belonging to 87 million users with the defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica is not defunct, but rather changed its name to Emerdata. It's too bad Reuters didn't…
> Cambridge Analytica is not defunct, but rather changed its name to Emerdata.
Not technically correct, but basically the truth. Cambridge Analytica declared bankrupcy in May of last year and the creators of that company created Emerdata and rehired many previous employees of Cambridge Analytica. Their HQ is even in the same exact building.
They're just playing the shell game, really. "Oh no, we're not the bad guys, we are just mostly made up of those old bad guys and do exactly the same thing in exactly the same way with the exact same location as those old guys... But, as you can clearly see, we have different bank account numbers and a different company name, so we're not the same thing at all."
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#9nit, > Facebook is facing a slew of lawsuits and regulatory inquiries over privacy issues, including a U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation into disclosures that Facebook inappropriately shared information belonging to 87 million users with the defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica is not defunct, but rather changed its name to Emerdata. It's too bad Reuters didn't…
> Cambridge Analytica is not defunct, but rather changed its name to Emerdata. Not technically correct, but basically the truth. Cambridge Analytica declared bankrupcy in May of last year and the creators of that company created Emerdata and rehired many previous employees of Cambridge Analytica. Their HQ is even in the same exact building. They're just playing the shell game, really. "Oh no, we're not the bad guys,…
Just like Accenture did.... not a new playbook but memory fails.
Re: New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
#10I assume this is other apps using FBs analytics toolset? Where I can send a custom event with {email:dillondoyle@gmail.com, data: {likes_dogs: 1, likes_cats: 0}} or what they are mad about is {weight: 120, has_hiv:0} ? IDK seems silly to me or maybe I'm in too deep and can't see the forest for the trees.
I agree. It seems weird to go after the place that stores the data rather than those who collect it and send it over (the apps).