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by bhk 2743 days ago
> Cambridge Analytica has already demonstrated how bad actors will misuse any access they have for profit ...

Facebook was the bad actor. Facebook divulged user data to the thisisyourdigitallife app in ways that were counter to what it told users. When the scandal broke, Facebook claimed that its terms of service were violated because the app was collecting the data for commercial purposes, not research[1], but in either case FB would have been divulging private data improperly.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analy...