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That is why I get many calls to my landline
phone that do not get answered They go to
my answering machine. Some only ring four
times and then are dropped. Once in awhile
I will pick up during the message being left,
but not often.




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Harvesting - data
By: weco
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Sun, 18 Mar 18 4:39 AM
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A prominent data firm that worked with President Trump's campaign reportedly exploited Facebook data to harvest "millions" of profiles of U.S. voters without their permission. Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower who said he helped obtain the data, told Britain's Observer that Cambridge Analytica's entire operation was designed to "exploit" what they knew about people from their profiles and "target their inner demons."

Carole Cadwalladr, who co-wrote the story, said Facebook knew the data firm had been harvesting the data for at least two years. She believes Facebook didn't inform users because it wasn't in their best interest.

"It's amazing the lengths they have gone to not admit this took place and to acknowledge they failed people," Cadwalladr said on CBSN Saturday.

In a statement Friday, Facebook acknowledged that it learned it had been "lied to" about Cambridge Analytica and an affiliate's activities in 2015, more than two years before suspending the firm from its platform, but did not alert users at the time. Facebook insisted there was no breach of their system.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign-data-collection-facebook-failed-to-inform-users/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=49385014


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