New (to me) dimension of crowdwork platforms:
Russian military uses Premise microtasking platform to aim and calibrate fire during their invasion of Ukraine. Example tasks are to locate ports, medical facilities, bridges, explosion craters. Paying ¢0.25 to $3.25 a task.
This is confirmed by the Ukraine's armed forces:
facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
As of now Premise have suspended their operation within Ukraine out of "abundance of caution", but deny their collaboration or support of the Russian military:
premise.com/blog/premises-…
This curious case was publicized by @alexrewrew, who also organized a public campaign to make Premise stop their operation in Ukraine.

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Feb 26
Another perspective on the gigwork fire-targeting story:
According to @ByronTau who has been reporting on Premise for the last 6 months, there is a possibility that the tasks were issued by Western intelligence (not Russian), as Premise has deep ties to the US intel community.
In this scenario, I imagine that Ukraine counterintel could have detained suspicious folks checking on the infamous mysterious markings on roofs/roads:
facebook.com/Ukravtodor.Gov… Image
They could have seen they have the Premise app installed, incorrectly concluded the tasks were issued by Russia for fire targeting, and officially reported this:
facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
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If you can donate money to support Ukraine now, here are some vetted funds 👇
Ukraine's government has opened official accounts to raise funds for the armed forces in multiple currencies.
USD: UA843000010000000047330992708
EUR: DE05504000005040040066
GBP: UA843000010000000047330992708
bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/na…
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Looking through a popular public dataset for risk scoring in home credit from a real home credit company, and some of the features included there are absolutely wild:
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"On which day of the week did the client apply for the loan?"
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