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1. tarkin+1L[view] [source] 2021-03-04 19:23:52
>>wyldfi+(OP)
I failed to see how flocks (cohorts) change the dangers of tracking or targeting.

Cambridge Analytica didn't want to target a person. They wanted to track people. Flocks of people.

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2. fshbbd+Uo1[view] [source] 2021-03-04 22:31:29
>>tarkin+1L
I think the average person that cares about tracking worries about the privacy implications if someone can look at their individual actions/conversations, but not so much about being marketed to as part of a group.

The actions of Cambridge Analytica-type groups are an important issue, but I don’t think FLoC is trying to solve that.

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