<story><title>Facebook has sent a cease-and-desist letter to researchers</title><url>https://twitter.com/AlexanderAbdo/status/1319761452832534531</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mobileexpert</author><text>Some takes From Benedict Evans that are worth considering: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;benedictevans&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1320378054150148098?s=21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;benedictevans&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1320378054150148098...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Meanwhile: the NYU app has access to friend data in your feed and friend data is also in the ads it scrapes. And it replaces an actual security model with our trust that NYU are nice people and won&amp;#x27;t abuse this access. That is &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; how Cambridge Analytica happened.”</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MAGZine</author><text>Comparing Cambridge Analytica, who harvested data though means that were not transparent to users (and for malicious purpose), to NYU has explained what data and why, AND has the consent of its users, seems disingenuous at best.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook has sent a cease-and-desist letter to researchers</title><url>https://twitter.com/AlexanderAbdo/status/1319761452832534531</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mobileexpert</author><text>Some takes From Benedict Evans that are worth considering: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;benedictevans&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1320378054150148098?s=21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;benedictevans&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1320378054150148098...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Meanwhile: the NYU app has access to friend data in your feed and friend data is also in the ads it scrapes. And it replaces an actual security model with our trust that NYU are nice people and won&amp;#x27;t abuse this access. That is &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; how Cambridge Analytica happened.”</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>strawberrypuree</author><text>Cambridge Analytica happened with an app hosted &lt;i&gt;on Facebook&lt;/i&gt;. This is hosted on your browser. So it’s not exactly how Cambridge Analytica happened because the trust model is completely different.</text></comment>