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Kashmir Hill @kashhill
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Cambridge Analytica stole the idea for a personality test from the University of Cambridge, which has its own database with millions of Facebook users’ profiles: gizmodo.com/the-other-camb…
The personality test that Cambridge Analytica imitated is also still online if you don’t care about your privacy and want to try it. gizmodo.com/the-other-camb…
I’m honestly mystified why this database--with millions of Facebook users’ psychological profiles that SCL Group/Cambridge Analytica wanted to buy but ultimately decided to do itself—hasn’t really gotten attention before now. gizmodo.com/the-other-camb…
Oh hey the username/password for the other Cambridge personality test database was sitting out in the open on Github, granting access to info from millions of Facebook users. newscientist.com/article/216871…
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