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Re: [OM] FB scariness

Subject: Re: [OM] FB scariness
From: David Thatcher <davidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 15:38:43 +0930
Ken,

I's imagine it is also possible that your likes/interests have been
harvested by a searchengine provider, either by your own searches, or
information collected from mail headed for their e-mail client user
base, and then sold to FB based on your name and possibly e-mail
address.

davidt

On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 04:42:55PM -0500, Ken Norton wrote:
> So, I post that picture of the grill of the X5 on Facebook a little
> while ago. Without saying what it is, as I call it the "Prairie
> Cruiser", FB's image recognition algorithms have identified the
> vehicle. The advertisements have suddenly changed to "Bavarian Auto
> Recycling" and "Come test drive the new xDrive..."
> 
> Amazing.
> 
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