Discover how your generic data makes you unique among millions of users
summary
Explains research showing how combining generic profile attributes—interests, skills, and similar metadata—can uniquely identify users among millions on platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn. Describes the advertising/targeting tools provided by these social networks and how those tools were used in the researchers’ experiments, starting from a small illustrative example and including audience interaction.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:06Game setup with QR
- 3:55Generic data explained
- 6:24Interest combination
- 13:32Platform research
- 23:30Facebook ad demo
- 28:11LinkedIn ad demo
- 31:00Real risks
- 36:17Summary
- 43:43Q&A
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