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**Dark Black** · 20 March 2018, 09:33

Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post

Cambridge Analytica: Warrant sought to inspect company - BBC News

FB turning up at CA pre-warrant. Anyone here still stupid enough to have a FB account?

Fair point (I'm not on FB anyway) but how far do you want to go to protect your privacy..?

For example: Anyone here still stupid enough to own a modern smart phone?

**PhiltheGreek** · 20 March 2018, 09:46

Yeah, but I get mine from the security services

In any case, I only really use it for playing crossy road whilst i'm on the bog wrestling with a troublesome Eartha.

**WTFH** · 20 March 2018, 09:59

Following on from that:

... but how far do you want to go to protect your privacy..?

For example: Anyone here still stupid enough to own a Ltd Company?

**TheGreenBastard** · 20 March 2018, 10:27

Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Following on from that:

... but how far do you want to go to protect your privacy..?

For example: Anyone here still stupid enough to own a Ltd Company?

Every little helps, absolutism (all or nothing) is a stupid argument.

Why would a bona fide company be concerned about their details on Companies House?

**NotAllThere** · 20 March 2018, 10:50

Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post

Anyone here still stupid enough...

The answer to that question is always "yes".

**Jog On** · 20 March 2018, 11:28

So is this what actually 'stole' the election for Trump? Or are they going to link this to Putin in the next few days?

I'm getting confused about how Hillary actually lost - was it Russian hackers? Russian trolls? Or this? Or white women being forced to vote trump by their abusive husbands/sons(!)/brothers?

**TheGreenBastard** · 20 March 2018, 11:35

Originally posted by Jog On View Post

So is this what actually 'stole' the election for Trump? Or are they going to link this to Putin in the next few days?

I'm getting confused about how Hillary actually lost - was it Russian hackers? Russian trolls? Or this? Or white women being forced to vote trump by their abusive husbands/sons(!)/brothers?

Obama, Trump, Eastern European meddling, so on and so forth.

FB turned up prior to the warrant, very suspect, wonder what info they're shredding.

**darmstadt** · 20 March 2018, 11:36

It doesn't matter if you have a social media account, what matters if you are stupid enough to believe the targeted ads and posts...

**TheGreenBastard** · 20 March 2018, 11:41

Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

It doesn't matter if you have a social media account, what matters if you are stupid enough to believe the targeted ads and posts...

Wrong. It seems your assertion is contradictory, how do you think they "target" people? Machine learning / profiling on account data perhaps? The power is user data, you are the product.

Your data are belong to us