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by delaminator 203 days ago
Did Cambridge Analytica make this?
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okay...
What I meant was CA created those "what kid of biscuit are you" type quizzes on Facebook after Eric Schmitt's daughther told a guy at CA that's how Google's spin off team did it for Obama in 2012. But that's (D)ifferent.

"Hey! scan your face and find your twin" has the same vibes

> Barack Obama's re-election team are building a vast digital data operation that for the first time combines a unified database on millions of Americans with the power of Facebook to target individual voters to a degree never achieved before. [0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-...