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You know where you read this?
At $dayjob-1 we relied on this to pull in your Facebook friends as contacts. Eventually FB limited the scope of this to friends who also had the app.
This was post-v2.0 afaik.
50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
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Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your links do not support the idea of “harvest[ing] user data”. They describe the usual Facebook ad platform, where you can set criteria to target users. But nowhere does it mention data on individual users flowing from Facebook to advertisers.
from my original Bloomberg link in post about FB 'Politicians running for office can be lucrative ad buyers. For those who spend enough, Facebook offers customized services to help them build effective campaigns, the same way it would Unilever NV or Coca-Cola Co. ahead of a product launch. While Facebook declined to give the size of its politics unit, one executive said it can expand to include hundreds during the pe…
> It is harder to find information about FB's data sales policies
So you’re explicitly agreeing that you have no proof that Facebook is offering data for sale.
The quote you cite has nothing to do with the initial assertion: providing consultants that teach people how to use the ad manager is something completely different than selling PII.
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Facebook explicitly commercially exists to harvest user data for Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity etc etc Sources on this?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/p-g-to-scale-back-targeted-face... Not hard to find information, although it is typically couched as brand reach and advertising spots. The big data sales side of FB and other sites is more sensitive and less overt https://www.facebook.com/help/494750870625830?helpref=uf_per...
The Facebook page you refer to is interesting.
At the bottom it says to reach out to https://aboutthedata.com/ to see what data they have on you.
So I did. Then I scroll down to see "See and Edit Marketing Data about You. CLICK HERE" only to be redirected to a registration page that requires my US-based address and last 4 of SSN.
Talking about misled communication, or rather blunt deception, otherwise how the heck "click here to see data about you" lands me on registration page? I don't want to register, I want to see the data!
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your links do not support the idea of “harvest[ing] user data”. They describe the usual Facebook ad platform, where you can set criteria to target users. But nowhere does it mention data on individual users flowing from Facebook to advertisers.
from my original Bloomberg link in post about FB 'Politicians running for office can be lucrative ad buyers. For those who spend enough, Facebook offers customized services to help them build effective campaigns, the same way it would Unilever NV or Coca-Cola Co. ahead of a product launch. While Facebook declined to give the size of its politics unit, one executive said it can expand to include hundreds during the pe…
They simply make use of FB‘s Marketing APIs, which are well documented:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/audiences... https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/reference... https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/buying-ap... https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/targeting...
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#125My problem with this 'outing' of CA is that Facebook explicitly commercially exists to harvest user data for Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity etc etc so they can profile us. A million dollars is chump change in the crazy US election game. This all seems overly selective - it's ok for some people to profile but not for others. I'm not in favor of any of it to be clear but there is a definite political bia…
The thing about the relatively low cost of a million is that we know that many of the voters targeted by the Russians for influence on both sides were much cheaper than what your example commercial interests targeted for marketing services/products, so a million dollars on targeted campaign is much more effective than what that million dollars buys in a major media market TV ad equivalent or commercial Facebook targeted ad.
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
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It's essential to hold the President publicly accountable for his actions, especially when illicit actions pervert the foundation of the United States, the democratic process. That's not partisan; that's normal, healthy democracy; that's the primary public good provided by journalism.
Sure. But it is unethical to exaggerate and hold only part of the political system accountable for shady or illegal practices. This is part of a consistent pattern. Our media has become as hopelessly partisan as our unfortunate two party system, and unethical behavior on one front does not justify the same on another in response.
Can you explain why it's unethical to hold people accountable for their actions or actions others took on their behalf?
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#127My problem with this 'outing' of CA is that Facebook explicitly commercially exists to harvest user data for Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity etc etc so they can profile us. A million dollars is chump change in the crazy US election game. This all seems overly selective - it's ok for some people to profile but not for others. I'm not in favor of any of it to be clear but there is a definite political bia…
There is a big difference between sharing data with companies, and allowing companies to specify as targeting rules.
Facebook lets companies bid for ads to show you, based on Facebook’s data about your interests and demographics. If you never engage with the ads there is no information leakage.
It’s the difference between telling a random person “I’ll tell my gay friends about your party” and “Did you know that Bob is dating Steve?”.
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
from my original Bloomberg link in post about FB 'Politicians running for office can be lucrative ad buyers. For those who spend enough, Facebook offers customized services to help them build effective campaigns, the same way it would Unilever NV or Coca-Cola Co. ahead of a product launch. While Facebook declined to give the size of its politics unit, one executive said it can expand to include hundreds during the pe…
> It is harder to find information about FB's data sales policies So you’re explicitly agreeing that you have no proof that Facebook is offering data for sale. The quote you cite has nothing to do with the initial assertion: providing consultants that teach people how to use the ad manager is something completely different than selling PII.
Obviously you won't be finding a FB webpage providing details of where to buy user data by the thousands as I tried to explain above. FB"s role working with and for the Trump campaign provides some insights
Trump, Cambridge Analytica and how big data is reshaping politics - Gillian Tett in the FT https://www.ft.com/content/e66232e4-a30e-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c9...
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#129My problem with this 'outing' of CA is that Facebook explicitly commercially exists to harvest user data for Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity etc etc so they can profile us. A million dollars is chump change in the crazy US election game. This all seems overly selective - it's ok for some people to profile but not for others. I'm not in favor of any of it to be clear but there is a definite political bia…
There is a big difference between sharing data with companies, and allowing companies to specify as targeting rules. Facebook lets companies bid for ads to show you, based on Facebook’s data about your interests and demographics. If you never engage with the ads there is no information leakage. It’s the difference between telling a random person “I’ll tell my gay friends about your party” and “Did you know that Bob i…
> Facebook lets companies bid for ads to show you, based on Facebook’s data about your interests and demographics. If you never engage with the ads there is no information leakage.
That's not true.
Re: 50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
#130My problem with this 'outing' of CA is that Facebook explicitly commercially exists to harvest user data for Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity etc etc so they can profile us. A million dollars is chump change in the crazy US election game. This all seems overly selective - it's ok for some people to profile but not for others. I'm not in favor of any of it to be clear but there is a definite political bia…
The thing about the relatively low cost of a million is that we know that many of the voters targeted by the Russians for influence on both sides were much cheaper than what your example commercial interests targeted for marketing services/products, so a million dollars on targeted campaign is much more effective than what that million dollars buys in a major media market TV ad equivalent or commercial Facebook targe…
For 'Russians' I would suggest individual oligarchs over the nation state. Semion Mogilevich rather than politicians...