Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affectedwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareWoozythebear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOk, what information could they gather and how would they use that to influence an election?
minus-squareCavemanfreak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe section Methods on the Cambridge Analytica wiki page explains it pretty well. While it’s not proven to be able to directly influence voting, it’s effective at swaying people’s opinions and emotions about subjects.
minus-squareWoozythebear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo it’s all bullshit then, got it.
Ok, what information could they gather and how would they use that to influence an election?
The section Methods on the Cambridge Analytica wiki page explains it pretty well. While it’s not proven to be able to directly influence voting, it’s effective at swaying people’s opinions and emotions about subjects.
So it’s all bullshit then, got it.