The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook profiles of US voters, in one of the tech giant’s biggest ever data breaches, and used them to build a powerful software program to predict and influence choices at the ballot box.
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"Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.Tags: None
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAnd...?
This is getting very silly.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Here's the money-quote buried near the bottom of the article:
'[Facebook] said in a statement that Kogan “gained access to this information in a legitimate way and through the proper channels”...'
They just didn't like how the information was used. In other words, there's nothing to see here.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostHere's the money-quote buried near the bottom of the article:
'[Facebook] said in a statement that Kogan “gained access to this information in a legitimate way and through the proper channels”...'
They just didn't like how the information was used. In other words, there's nothing to see here.
Paul-Olivier Dehaye, a data protection specialist, who spearheaded the investigative efforts into the tech giant, said: “Facebook has denied and denied and denied this. It has misled MPs and congressional investigators and it’s failed in its duties to respect the law.
“It has a legal obligation to inform regulators and individuals about this data breach, and it hasn’t. It’s failed time and time again to be open and transparent.”
Facebook denies that the harvesting of tens of millions of profiles by GSR and Cambridge Analytica was a data breach. It said in a statement that Kogan “gained access to this information in a legitimate way and through the proper channels” but “did not subsequently abide by our rules” because he passed the information on to third parties."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostApparently it's now considered wrong for a political candidate to attempt to influence people to vote for him.
This is getting very silly."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Charles View PostThere is nothing to see there?
The issue is whether or not this technically qualifies as a data breach and whether or not Facebook acted appropriately. According to Facebook, everything was legal and proper.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostNot really.
The issue is whether or not this technically qualifies as a data breach and whether or not Facebook acted appropriately. According to Facebook, everything was legal and proper.
The real issue rather seems to be this:
A whistleblower has revealed to the Observer how Cambridge Analytica – a company owned by the hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, and headed at the time by Trump’s key adviser Steve Bannon – used personal information taken without authorisation in early 2014 to build a system that could profile individual US voters, in order to target them with personalised political advertisements."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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And according to Facebook, the information was gathered "in legitimate way and through the proper channels".
And just because it might have given Trump some small advantage in his epic defeat of Hillary, certain people are, of course, crying foul.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAnd according to Facebook, the information was gathered "in legitimate way and through the proper channels".
And just because it might have given Trump some small advantage in his epic defeat of Hillary, certain people are, of course, crying foul.
Facebook denies that the harvesting of tens of millions of profiles by GSR and Cambridge Analytica was a data breach. It said in a statement that Kogan “gained access to this information in a legitimate way and through the proper channels” but “did not subsequently abide by our rules” because he passed the information on to third parties.
Are you ready to take a real debate instead of misrepresenting it? So far you have said quite a lot that every reader can easily see is wrong if they read the article."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Charles View PostLet me repeat an important part...
What's most interesting is that Facebook is in a Catch-22: they are actively anti-Trump, but if they press on this issue then they could be on the hook for breaking federal law. It will be interesting to see what they doLast edited by Mountain Man; 03-18-2018, 02:25 PM.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostLike I said, they didn't have a problem with them gathering the information, they just didn't like how that information was used. that is to Trump's advantage."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostWhat's most interesting is that Facebook is in a Catch-22: they are actively anti-Trump, but if they press on this issue then they could be on the hook for breaking federal law. It will be interesting to see what they doLast edited by demi-conservative; 03-18-2018, 09:01 PM.Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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The real problem is not a "data breach" it is people willingly giving away their private information in return for playing idiotic personality tests or stupid games on facebook and then crying about it later. People never read the fine print when they play these stupid games, it says right there that by playing the game or test you give them permission to access your profile, friends, and other information.
It used to be people were afraid of "Big Brother" spying on them, yet now they just give away their information. And they post everything on facebook to "public" because they want to get more "likes" and "shares" but when you do that, you are giving everyone access to your page and information too. I work at a law firm and one of the first things a law firm does when there is a case is gather a person's public social media. Everything they post public on facebook, instagram, twitter, etc gets captured. People are stupid. Lock down your social media and don't play games on facebook unless you trust the company with your information.
That's the lesson to be learned here.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThe real problem is not a "data breach" it is people willingly giving away their private information in return for playing idiotic personality tests or stupid games on facebook and then crying about it later. People never read the fine print when they play these stupid games, it says right there that by playing the game or test you give them permission to access your profile, friends, and other information.
It used to be people were afraid of "Big Brother" spying on them, yet now they just give away their information. And they post everything on facebook to "public" because they want to get more "likes" and "shares" but when you do that, you are giving everyone access to your page and information too. I work at a law firm and one of the first things a law firm does when there is a case is gather a person's public social media. Everything they post public on facebook, instagram, twitter, etc gets captured. People are stupid. Lock down your social media and don't play games on facebook unless you trust the company with your information.
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