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How Pizza Night Can Cost More in Data Than Dollars
WSJ ^ | 4-10-2018 | Stephanie Stamm, Tripp Mickle and Jessica Kuronen

Posted on 04/11/2018 4:36:44 AM PDT by servo1969

Sally and Kristen haven’t hung out in forever, so Sally suggests taking a selfie.

After Sally uploads the photo to Facebook, the app suggests she tag Kristen based on its facial-recognition system, which Kristen has given permission to use.

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DATA PROVIDED

FACEBOOK
..Uploaded photo
..Text submitted with photo
..Facial recognition

ADDITIONAL DATA COLLECTED

FACEBOOK
..Photo analysis
..Location of the photo (if included in metadata)
..Date
..Type of device (iPhone X)
..Device ID
..Device operating system
..Battery level
..Signal strength
..Bluetooth signal
..Connection speed
..Available storage
..App and file names and types
..Nearby Wi-Fi beacons and cell towers
..Nearby devices such as a TV for phone-to-TV streaming
..Time zone
..Mobile operator or internet service provider
..IP address
..Time, frequency and duration of activities
..Hardware version
..Software version

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; data; facebook; google; internet; privacy; twitter
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To: cicero2k
Right.

It's kind of strange logging into Facebook (under a completely fake identity) and getting a "Happy Birthday" announcement on some random day that isn't anywhere close to my real birthday. LOL.

21 posted on 04/11/2018 5:25:39 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Mr. K

That is precisely it. If you get on their radar, every single post you have here they can access because it is public information.

This is why my motto, ever since I started posting here in the late 90’s, is to assume that the one person in the world that wants to do me the most harm is reading my post -and can try to use it against me. And then post accordingly.


22 posted on 04/11/2018 5:30:05 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Fai Mao

Need one for work which is why it goes on the desk at 5 PM.


23 posted on 04/11/2018 5:47:51 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: servo1969

This is from Yahoo:

How we collect and use data.

We’ve updated some of the ways we collect and analyze user data in order to deliver services, content, relevant advertising and abuse protection.

This includes: analyzing content and information when you use our services (including emails, instant messages, posts, photos, attachments, and other communications), linking your activity on other sites and apps with information we have about you, and providing anonymized and/or aggregated reports to other parties regarding user trends.


24 posted on 04/11/2018 6:22:57 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: servo1969

This is why it’s best to precede every crime with the theft of a cell phone.


25 posted on 04/11/2018 6:35:47 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Fai Mao

I do not own a cell phone.


^ This I own one but it hasn’t been charged or had an account for over a year. $40 bucks a month to make one call home to see if we need milk, forget it, I can do without.


26 posted on 04/11/2018 6:39:49 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Alberta's Child

“That’s why I plan to give my cell phone and access code to a homeless guy in New York before I rob the bank in Montana. “

The CCTV cameras in NYC will identify the person with the phone as not you.

The License Plate cameras (if you drive or rent a car there) will link you to Montana. The Facial Recognition Cameras (and many other systems) at the airport will link you to Montana if you fly. Similar for bus/train.

Bottom line - game over. That’s why the push for ‘Criminal Justice Reform’. It’s just too easy now to pin crimes on minorities with tons and tons of electronic evidence. Defense attorneys can no longer create a reasonable doubt when the thug is guilty. Hence, who cares if he’s guilty, let’s give him a pass anyway.


27 posted on 04/11/2018 7:52:06 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: Alberta's Child

“That’s why I plan to give my cell phone and access code to a homeless guy in New York before I rob the bank in Montana.”

And, there you have it folks.

Until they implant chips under our arm...


28 posted on 04/11/2018 8:24:08 AM PDT by moovova
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To: robroys woman

So a spouse could track the other spouse’s location...or kids, etc...right? (Have a friend whose soon to be ex-husband may be doing that to her....he’s a techie, she’s not)


29 posted on 04/11/2018 8:26:20 AM PDT by goodnesswins (There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
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To: goodnesswins

Exactly. But nowadays that can be done easily with iPhone accounts. People want it.

One of the fake things in the movie “monster trucks” was when the guys phone goes with the truck rather than him, the girl says, “no problem. I have an app that will show us where your phone (and the truck) is.”

Not without either his previous permission or a subpoena it does.


30 posted on 04/11/2018 8:35:37 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: goodnesswins

It uses a pretty simple security methodology. Change your google account password and your ex can’t see it.


31 posted on 04/11/2018 8:36:38 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: robroys woman

Thanks, I’ll suggest she do that today. Something REALLY weird happened yesterday...


32 posted on 04/11/2018 8:41:43 AM PDT by goodnesswins (There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
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To: goodnesswins

If your spouse has your password, and the account is tracking you, the amount of knowledge your ex could have about your movements is not a good thing. Especially if they can still do damage (e.g. divorce pending and he/she can see all your trips to your paramour’s house as well as where the two of you go.)


33 posted on 04/11/2018 8:46:33 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: robroys woman

Well...she has no “paramour”...so that’s not a problem, but he showed up at a trailhead as we were returning on a hike about 45 min out of town...SOOOOOooo coincidental...started my husband and I wondering....


34 posted on 04/11/2018 9:39:28 AM PDT by goodnesswins (There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
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To: goodnesswins

Yeah, that could be exactly it. I just checked. Mine shows me the meeting I went to in South Louisville this morning and that I have returned to the office in downtown.

Yeah, I’d change that password. :)


35 posted on 04/11/2018 9:48:34 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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