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Maybe — hear me out — tech companies shouldn’t be storing so much sensitive data Kantrowitz/1230219391200923649
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If someone were to ask Facebook for a list of all [Muslims, immigrants, Jews, Democrats, etc.], they could generate such a list. Even if someone didn’t explicitly identify as such, network analysis could ID with very high accuracy.
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Whether or not anyone asks for such data is almost beside the point. Such a dataset — and a company built on it — SHOULD NOT EXIST.