I’m confused now. My understanding was they were able to not only download a list of friends of the app’s users, but also their friends’ profiles. At least that’s what I gathered from the interview. nitter.vloup.ch/jaypinho/status/…
If all of this is true, it may not be the worst Facebook-based political manipulation anyone ever imagined, but it’s pretty damn close: theguardian.com/news/2018/ma…
I believe there is, it’s just hidden extremely well, like the demolition notice in The Hitchhiker’s Guide. At least it was when I deleted my account a few years ago
Ich hatte kurz gezögert und es dann nur getan, weil ich es durch die Tagesschau erfahren hatte. Bild kann ich i.d.R. nicht lesen, wegen Adblockerblocker und Bezahlschranke
Well, actually. That’s quite different, as it very directly affects us and we can do something about it. I’m completely fine with that. (Well, I’m not at all, but you know what I mean.)
Turns out the reason I’ve started to get so annoyed by reading Twitter is almost exclusively US news & politics. Shocking, I know. At least I can escape by stopping to read my timeline. I can’t begin to imagine how constantly pissed off I’d be if I actually lived there.
Interessant, der einzig wirklich dämliche Satz („Sie empfinden es also nicht als ungerecht, dass Google von Leistung profitiert, die es nicht erarbeitet hat?“) kommt vom Interviewer