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RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Friday 2 October 2020 Volume 32 : Issue 30
ACM FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS (comp.risks) Peter G. Neumann, founder and still moderator
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Date: September 30, 2020 23:04:14 JST From: David Isenberg <isen@isen.com> Subject: More on Cambridge Analytica (UK Channel 4)
[Via Dave Farber]
Channel 4 in the UK has released an amazing 20 minute video that is the best explanation I've seen of how Cambridge Analytica used Facebook data to micro-target voters to influence the 2016 US election and the Brexit vote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIf5ELaOjOk
There's also another most interesting video from the same project that digs into one guy's Facebook/Cambridge Analytica file" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Swqc2NjEXM
This second video shows one particular guy's file, which contains his psychographic profile, including openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism scores by percentile.
It "knows" what kind of car the individual has, that he's a gamer, what his investments are, what his diet is, whether he uses coupons, if he writes a blog, how he uses The Internet and social media, whether he has a home office and what charities he gives to. And a bunch of other things.
From these aggregated data, it's easy to imagine how CA could determine things like who he'd vote for and the strength of his commitment to the voting process, and target manipulative ads and messages from "friends" accordingly.
In my humble opinion, both videos are must-watch for all who consider themselves to be technology literate. [ ... OMISSIS ...]
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2020 11:11:11 -0800 From: RISKS-request@csl.sri.com Subject: Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
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