This is very creepy. (Scroll up and read thread.) Is nothing encrypted/sacred/safe any more?? https://twitter.com/MyDixonCider/status/977298980534210565 …
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Replying to @Jalane_Schmidt @RichFelker
This is confirmation bias at its best.
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Replying to @_Felipe @Jalane_Schmidt
Thus the encouragement to try it yourself, i.e. experiment until there's sufficient data for significance.
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Replying to @RichFelker @Jalane_Schmidt
Facebook has a big chunk of your browser history. This is where they get the data for targeting. Processing private conversations costs too much to be worth it.
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There's a significant correlation between what you browse and what you talk about over the phone.
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Replying to @_Felipe @Jalane_Schmidt
That's why you do an experiment by talking about something new you never browse for. Did you even read the thread??
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Replying to @RichFelker @Jalane_Schmidt
I did. How is he informed about the Uber incident? How does he know about which camera is good? The Facebook buttons on every webpage out there are the biggest problem when it comes to data harvesting.
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His friend, was googling about that stuff and interacting with him. This metadata is enough to put him on the target groups.
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Then go do your own experiments.
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