How Cambridge Analytica Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions | NYT

[@AAron-gr3jk]

so if an individual 'misuses' acess to computer systems, you go to jail. But a researcher, that then sells to a commercial entity that exploits it. That's just a breach of trust...

[@professorpuddle]

yeap. hopefully they add more laws to the CMA

[@DeniseF]

People should also avoid those "what will I look like in 50 years" quizzes. All those pages want access to your info too and i see everyone taking and sharing all these quizzes. It's obvious what all these quizzes are for on Facebook. Stop doing them.

[@djibril31200]

Ftg

[@evilwatermelon3593]

A guy(CA) want to know what his crush(us) likes and dislikes. Then he asked her bestfriend(Facebook) to gather info. Something like that?

[@Andrewg820]

Zuckerberg: thank you cambridge analytica, you make me more popular now

[@dylantierney6407]

Love this guys accent

[@yousircantknow8987]

So everyone just NOW realizes Facebook is a third party ad platform completely dependent on user generated content? Really? Shame on all of you.

[@iamenough6958]

What social media platform are you using?

[@yashsalve7702]

New york times has the best graphical representation

[@yashsalve7702]

@@cmilly3970 That literally make no sense. I'm talking about their graphical presentation skills which are devoid of any political ideology.

[@Milo0610]

so why are they grilling mark zuckerberg instead of the guy who did the research

[@78g476]

abdel aziz ibrahim because he did nothing wrong. He was employed by a firm to do a job. It’s not his job to worry about how that data will be used or not used.

[@ryanx3505]

I have the same thought, after watching this i feel facebook did nothing wrong. And yes i think it is that guys fault alone with all who did the questionnaire. I do believe whenever you want to login with Facebook there will be another page pop up and say by sign-in you agree to share the following data with this organization, and it will have all the contents that will be shared listed down, that is not Facebook's terms and conditions but a clearly displayed list, people accepted without thinking, I guess it's for the less the 5 dollar money. Now you have this data breach as I would call it, then ppl are blaming Facebook for it.

[@michael5725]

Oh dont worry, they will get him. This will probably take years but eventually dr kogan will be at fault

[@marving.5436]

that is right when people are asked do you agree that CA has access to your profile and that they have the right to share it and you click ok, then it is not only the fault of the CA but people agreeing to the condition, so I am also wondering why is it they called Zuckerberg instead of people in CA who really exploited the profiles of their users?

[@Mazda6B6]

Facebook just updated the privacy settings for 3rd party app connections. You should have been notified upon login.

[@Jchasser]

How is any different than targeting ads

[@harunsuaidi7349]

I personally think this is kind of amazing.

[@cosmickatt]

It is! It's just such a dangerous tool if it falls into the wrong hands

[@mahimjr1971]

@@cosmickatt if someone consider himself "right" that's dangerous too

[@mahimjr1971]

This kind of data not only can create a person's psychological and social profile but also can create a whole nation's dynamic profile by which they formulate different strategies and exploit those nations

[@mahimjr1971]

That's why west is trying to stop tiktok so that china can't get this strategic asset

[@va734]

I don't understand how they are able to target the specific profile eith their ads as it is not possible on facebook?

[@Remioxen]

I don't understand why people are flaming facebook for it, if it was the user's choice to make those tests and share their data with the website. People do this exact same thing everytime they click on "log in with facebook" on any website out there, and many times when they click on things like "I agree with the terms above" etc.

[@mohamedy6164]

The breach of Data concern is of the connected accounts.

[@jaoschmidt3786]

The problem is the collect of data from their friends. Not the 270000 people

[@hfredydl]

And He Loved Big Brother

[@lindascoon4652]

So is it really possible to make people vote for someone if you know who their Facebook friends are? I wish we had the statistics of the number of people who were convinced to make their voting decisions by this.

[@BlackShogun1]

There is the truth and there are lies, this video is not going to generate profit as much as propaganda machine based on lies and cultural wars.

[@RT-nr5ep]

Imagine watching over months every day videos of a presidential candidate which says exactly what u wanna hear…

[@SoaringSuccubus]

There are many reasons to doubt it. A lot of what's been said about CA is based on... CA's own past posturing. Of course they want to make it seem decisive. But the "data" it's based on, is likes of memes, cat videos, and repostings of ad campaigns... It's likely overblown and it had a negligible effect.

[@Livontheg0]

I NEED to know who the narrator is

[@divyasampath2843]

Subscribed!

[@gimperiale]

I remember writing a paper on this controversy for my English class in high school! Honestly, it only raises the point of using something easily exploitable like Facebook. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@froilananthony7391]

Cambridge Analytica should be investigated not facebook Users share there data with there friends but the man behind who sells it to Cambridge should be responsible

[@sevenhenson3926]

Well nowadays nobody reveals their true views online. So what's the issue. No matter how accurate the models maybe, the resulting profiles may not be correct.

[@bobblebee49]

It's actually extremely accurate -- they might know things about you you haven't realized yourself! There are cases of ads telling women they are pregnant and showing them baby products before the women know themselves. BTW, if such a company knows your email, they can link the data they rip from facebook to your twitter, reddit, amazon...anything associated with that email is now also associated with your ad profile they are making. Yes it's a model--it's never going to 100% represent the authentic "you"--but it works extremely well

[@ishiroshiii]

selem, cimer pour les infos les petits khouya

[@troybird8253]

Sensors use ultra sound, bluetooth, gps and pre-installed applications to gather information on users. Think about what is happening or what pings occur when you are close to wifi or other smart devices connected to cloud servers or other American affiliated servers.

[@codewalters]

What happened to Alexander Nix in the end ?

[@XJLCA]

Never "like" something on the internet and don't use Facebook login.

[@eliasp8645]

is Michael Fassbender doing the voice over?

[@jostoyte62]

Does Facebook charge money for institutions to access user data for academic research?

[@eruokay]

can someone explain briefly to me what is the problem with zuckerberg?

[@TheNeverposts]

Oh no, they built psychometric profiles accounting for people's 'neuroses' and their 'openness' given frequencies and relations between similarly flawed categories that depended on facebook likes. What's amazing is how anyone paid money for this. I have never felt safer online

[@michaelcheng7920]

Painful to watch clueless Congressmen and Senators poorly attempt to scapegoat Zuckerberg during the hearings. They only demonstrated that they were so technologically illiterate that they could only spend the session guessing at what they're supposed to be indignant about. Attempting to seem tough in front of their constituents, and no substance.

[@epincion]

Remember the access to and monitoring was not a one off shot. Seeing the persons profile is incredibly useful. Every time that person posts a public statement or does something like passing on a news clip they like the researchers know more about that person and can design better and better things to target them and importantly to subtly influence them with misinformation.

[@TheNeverposts]

epincion, you are stupid

[@epincion]

An ad hominem attack? That all you got?

[@TheNeverposts]

yea

[@Morpheus_Xsx]

And finaly Marck agree to payd 720+ million of penality!

[@ugwuanyicollins6136]

Chicken change

[@EL_BIG_10]

And if you did you probably shared your personal data

[@marving.5436]

should this be CA's fault all the way? they used facebook's API which is really publica and any can use it, however when they created their survey's people are asked, it was this dumb people who allows their profiles their profiles to be exploited.... first off if I have stumbled question like this on the interent and I don't know them and asked for my email address I just close it right away...

[@kaizer-_0036]

Apayan

[@malikmir7608]

Quoicoubeh

[@Nightengale0000]

Lock them up

[@Bripy]

Winners find ways to win

[@EL_BIG_10]

Something that looked like this

[@hv8546]

Tip: They can have what does not exist

[@saikrishnaallu6557]

Thank you Cambridge Analytica scandal; Now we can fly above the sky ❤️🙏

[@AdamHlavacka]

So yeah American people, a British firm meddled with your election (and Brexit referendum). Not Russia or Putin.

[@chaosXP3RT]

I thought Vice News said Trump's campaign decided not to use CA because of their history of sketchy practices?

[@sh1nyarm0r]

It's still the voter who decides who to vote. This article is a sham.

[@MordFustang1966]

How did a researcher come up with 1.3 million $? 270000x$5

[@pascalott4558]

Arven Tahtyan thats not a lot of money for a bit research form

[@EL_BIG_10]

In 2014 you may have Take w a quiz online

[@atomicfart6830]

Off gosh the echie pictures that I like!

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[@mrnobody-cf6il]

How can they got our data that we don't want to share? Did facebook got hacked. When we use facebook, we can choose Some of our data are private, only friends or family know it, but some are not. How they got this private data if the system weren't infiltrated?

[@Krullfath]

They didn't have to infiltrate the system because facebook blatently sold all user data to them as a data broker, which was against their own tos...

[@danielhong6487]

if you know anything, anything about zuck, you shouldn't trust him

[@stomiball889]

Finally

[@noobie7459]

They used facebook its not mark's fault he was betrayed...

[@ramyeissa2942]

مافيش حد هنا جاي يبص علي مصادر الدحيح غيري ولا ايه يا اخونا يلي هنا ما ترودو علي هناك😆😅

[@MariaOrtiz-gj4xq]

You see what just happened that's agenced the law

[@justfindit]

who did the voice over? he's like a robot

[@F_U23]

Josh Ye So is Suckerberg.

[@sltfilho]

Definitely not clearly explained.

[@svenlima]

Thumb down because of the overly loud, superfluous and annoying background noise (music).

[@EL_BIG_10]

And your Friends personal data with the company

[@g-cafe7279]

as an average user of Facebook, is it a threat if they found out that Im obsessed of Nutella or I can make bubbles with my saliva? I always clicked like whenever I see a pic of a grumpy cat so It's weird if they can still use my data for their political agenda.

[@bxhxbdhdhh2278]

I can also make bubbles with my saliva

[@bxhxbdhdhh2278]

And I'm obsessed with nutella

[@weallmadhere]

Let's have a Nutella binging party! Then post it on FB and have CA analyze it!

[@paulhennetier9383]

Wsh c'est une dingerie

[@froilananthony7391]

Trojan Horse to the users

[@seanaudio.]

So....WHAT ... and they paid you 5$

[@professorm4171]

seanaudio not their friends

[@themrjones]

Didn't everybody Watch the documentary like a month ago this is old news.

[@bobveltman]

themrjones so it’s irrelevant?

[@leofloppa]

Yeah, it is because everybody has known for years that Facebook doesn't care about your privacy, but now media suddenly talks about it everyday because le drumpf won

[@cafeta]

When Obama did it, it was OK!!

[@NickGatzoulis]

And how is this wrong or bad exactly? "LOGIN WITH FACEBOOK" - "Cambridge Analytica will have access to your: public email address, profile picture, pages you like". "AGREE". Who's fault is that? CA's or the average John Doe who wanted to get $5 off a survey?

[@sridharvishwanath7391]

This is what I was thinking the whole time? How can CA and FB blamed so much for it? People have no brains smh

[@gota51ytb30]

Evan le goat

[@misterioes89]

Yeah but how is russia involved? The story can't end there. What a cliffhanger.

[@null798]

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